Otto Klemperer discography

The conductor Otto Klemperer made many recordings. The first table, below, shows his recordings from his first, in 1924, to 1954, the year in which he first recorded with the Philharmonia, which played on most of his subsequent recordings until his retirement in 1972.

1924 to 1954
second tranche in preparation. Earlier list left below for the time being


 * Bach: St Matthew Passion with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Pears, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, and Walter Berry
 * Bach: Mass in B minor
 * Bach: Brandenburg Concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra on ΕΜΙ
 * Bartók: Viola Concerto (with William Primrose, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, live version on Archiphon)
 * Beethoven: Symphony cycles (notably the one from the mid-1950s on EMI)
 * Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (recorded live, November 1957 and also in 1961)
 * Beethoven: Fidelio (both the live recording from Covent Garden on Testament, and the studio EMI recording)
 * Beethoven: Missa solemnis
 * Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3–5, (with Claudio Arrau, live versions issued on Testament)
 * Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–5, (with Daniel Barenboim, on EMI)
 * Brahms: Symphony cycles
 * Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Philharmonia Orchestra, Columbia C90933, in 1957
 * Brahms: Violin Concerto, with David Oistrakh
 * Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Philharmonia Orchestra with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1961 EMI recording
 * Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major
 * Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, New Philharmonia Orchestra, march 1967 on Columbia SAX 5288
 * Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major, New Philharmonia Orchestra, 1964 on Columbia SMC 91437
 * Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, 1957
 * Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor with New York Philharmonic, 1934, and with New Philharmonia on EMI
 * Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 with Claudio Arrau, live version issued on Music & Arts
 * Franck: Symphony in D minor
 * Handel: Messiah, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda, and Jerome Hines
 * Haydn: Symphonies 88, 92, 95, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104
 * Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione Suite (Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, a 1954 version issued on Andante)
 * Janáček: Sinfonietta (a 1951 Concertgebouw Orchestra live version, released by Archiphon)
 * Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, with Christa Ludwig and Fritz Wunderlich, New Philharmonia Orchestra, 1967 on EMI YAX 3282
 * Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection", (1) – 1951 with Kathleen Ferrier & Jo Vincent; (2) – 1963 with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Hilde Rössel-Majdan
 * Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Philharmonia Orchestra with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1961, on Columbia SAX 2441
 * Mahler: Symphony No. 7, 1968
 * Mahler: Symphony No. 9
 * Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3-4
 * Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
 * Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 (with Daniel Barenboim)
 * Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 and 41
 * Mozart: Don Giovanni (live version issued on Testament)
 * Mozart: The Magic Flute, with Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the First Lady
 * Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (a 1955 live version with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, on Archiphon)
 * Schubert: Symphonies 5, 8 (Unfinished) and 9. Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
 * Schumann: Symphonies 1–4, with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
 * Schumann: Piano Concerto (with Annie Fischer)
 * Stravinsky: Petrushka
 * Stravinsky: Pulcinella
 * Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
 * Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and  6 with the Philharmonia Orchestra on EMI
 * Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (with Anja Silja)
 * Wagner: Siegfried Idyll in the original chamber version with members of the Philharmonia Orchestra
 * Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, 1931, 1967
 * Source: Discographies in Volumes 1 and 2 of Peter Heyworth's biography of Klemperer.