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Mozart, Haydn, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Works

3/15/2019, 71 Tracks, 10:13:40

Featuring

  • Josef Krips
  • Mischa Elman
  • Arthur Rubinstein
  • Edwin Fischer
  • Sir Clifford Curzon
  • Isaac Stern
  • Inge Borkh
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
  • The New Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Orchestre National de l'ORTF
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Franz Schubert
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Robert Schumann
  • Johannes Brahms

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Performer Biography

This album features Josef Krips as a respected partner to top-flight concert soloists including Artur Rubinstein, Mischa Elman, Clifford Curzon, Edwin Fischer, and Isaac Stern.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Josef Krips was the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1950 to 1954 and later the principal conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

After World War II, Josef Krips returned to Vienna and was actively involved in rebuilding the city's cultural life, including re-establishing the Salzburg Festival.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Josef Krips was appointed General Music Director in Karlsruhe in 1926 before returning to Vienna, where he became conductor at the Vienna State Opera in 1933.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Josef Krips left Austria in 1938 after the Anschluss and was prohibited from working in Belgrade due to Nazi intervention.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Josef Krips was widely considered the most knowledgeable Mozart conductor of his time, and Mozart's works are the main focus of this album.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Josef Krips, the conductor on this album, was born in Vienna and studied music under Felix Weingartner, later becoming his assistant.

Source: Booklet

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