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Joseph Keilberth
12+ albums
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Joseph Keilberth (April 19, 1908 – July 20, 1968) was a German conductor. He started his career in the State Theatre of his native city, Karlsruhe. In 1940 he became director of the German Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague. Near the end of World War II he became principal conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle. In 1949 he became chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, formed mainly of Germans expelled from post-war Czechoslovakia under the Beneš decrees. He died in Munich in 1968 after collapsing while conducting Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde in exactly the same place as Felix Mottl had done in 1911. Keiberth made the first stereo recording of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle in 1955. Among his other recordings, his interpretations of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischutz made in 1958 for EMI, and a 'live' set of Richard Strauss's Arabella (featuring Lisa della Casa and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau) made in 1963 for DG are still considered among the best versions. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Dvorák : Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 : II Adagio, ma non troppo
7182Beethoven : Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 : I Allegro con brio
6413Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
1714Beethoven : Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92 : II Allegretto
1135Wagner : Der fliegende Holländer : Act 2 "Summ und brumm, du gutes Rädchen" [Chorus, Mary]
806Der Ring Des Nibelungen: Vorspiel
577Wagner : Lohengrin : Act 3 "Treulich geführt ziehet dahin" [Chorus] - 'Bridal Chorus'
568Beethoven : Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55, 'Eroica' : II Marcia funebre - Adagio assai
559Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 : I Allegro con brio
4810Der Ring Des Nibelungen: Weia! Waga! Woge, Dur Welle
48albums
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40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems
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40 Most Beautiful Cello Classics
The Telefunken Recordings 1953-1963
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40 Most Beautiful Choral Classics
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Beethoven's Adagios
Der Ring Des Nibelungen
Weber: Der Freischutz
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The Lark Ascending
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Wagner : Lohengrin [Bayreuth, 1953]
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Die Zauberflöte
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Wagner's Vision: Siegfried (1953)
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Dvorák : Cello Concerto & Symphony No.9, 'From the New World'