TRACKLISTING

CD 1
Mozart: Symphony No.39 · Symphony No.4
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, Dec. 1951 & March 1953
Symphony No.41 “Jupiter”
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded in Rishon-Le-Zion, Israel, April 1957

CD 2
Brahms: Symphony No.4 · Dvorák: cello concerto*
Zara Nelsova cello*
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, April 1950 & Nov. 1951

CD 3
Mozart: Symphony No.31 “Paris”
Schubert: Symphony No.8 “Unfinished”
Schumann: Symphony No.4
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, Dec. 1951, April 1950 & Nov. 1952

CD 4
Beethoven: Ah! perfido*
Strauss: Salome (closing scene)*
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
Inge Borkh soprano*
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded in Vienna, June 1956 & Sept. 1958

CD 5
Haydn: Symphony No.94 “Surprise”· Symphony No.99
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded in Vienna, Sept. 1957
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 “Italian”
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded in London, Oct. 1953

RECORDING INFORMATION

One of the great conductors of the twentieth century, Josef Krips was born in Vienna on 8 April 1902 and died in Geneva on 13 October 1974. He studied in Vienna where he numbered among his teachers Felix Weingartner and for three years (1918–21) he was a violinist at the Vienna Volksoper. In addition to work there as an operatic coach and chorus master, he also conducted there in 1921 for the first time. A number of German posts followed and in 1933 he was appointed conductor at the Vienna State Opera and, in 1935, professor at the Vienna Academy of Music. When Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938 he lost these positions but rejoined, in 1945, the Vienna State Opera. Foreign conducting engagements followed shortly after this with appearances in England, France and Russia where he won much praise for his interpretations — of the Viennese and German classics in particular. He also conducted the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival.

Other appointments Krips held included conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (1950), Buffalo Philharmonic (1954–63), San Francisco Symphony (1963–70), as well as guest appearances with many other leading orchestras.