Josef Krips
Josef Krips was one of the busiest of Austrian-born conductors after World War II, an unexpected benefit to his having been forced out of his native country following its annexation by Germany in 1938. He had a major performing and recording career on two continents, in orchestral and operatic music.
Josef Krips studied at the Vienna Academy with Felix Weingartner, later permanent conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic, and served as Weingartner's assistant at the Vienna Volksoper from 1921 until 1924. He headed orchestras in various cities, and in 1933 was appointed resident conductor at the Vienna State Opera and to a professorship at the Vienna Academy. Krips held both posts for three years, until the German annexation in March of 1938, when he was forced to leave the country. He emigrated to Yugolavia and spent a year with the Belgrade Opera and the Belgrade Philharmonic, before the onset of the war forced Krips to halt his work in music.
Following the Allied victory in 1945, Krips returned to Vienna, conducting the State Opera upon its reopening as well as the Vienna Philharmonic, and at the reopened Salzburg Festival in 1946 with a production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Krips was suddenly one of the busiest conductors in Austria, and one of the most welcomed, as his colleagues who had worked under the Nazi regime weren't all cleared for resumed public performances until 1947. He also took the State Opera and the Philharmonic on their first tours after World War II. Krips spent four years (1950-1954) as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and accepted his first American appointment in 1954 as principal conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. In 1963, the year of his debut at London's Covent Garden conducting Don Giovanni, he became the principal conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, a post he held until 1970. Krips made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1966, and became a conductor at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, in 1970.
Krips' visibility in the postwar music world made him one of the most familiar of all European conductors, both in Europe and America. His recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra for the low-priced Everest Records line was a perennially popular set among music students and casual listeners buying their first Beethoven material -- these performances are now beginning to be appreciated anew on compact disc, as remastered by Omega Records. Additionally, he made several superb opera recordings for major labels, including a Don Giovanni for London, and a version of Mozart's The Abduction From the Seraglio, with Anneleise Rothenberger, Lucia Popp, Gottlob Frick, and Krips' beloved Vienna Philharmonic, for EMI, that remains one of the most charming and beguiling accounts of this opera.
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J. Strauss II: Two Arias from Die Fledermaus (Recorded 1964) (Live)
New York Philharmonic, Josef Krips, Roberta Peters
Classical - Released by New York Philharmonic on 8 Dec 2017
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貝多芬 1-8號交響曲
Josef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Music Manager on 31 May 2017
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Beethoven 8
Josef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Countdown Media GmbH - X5 Music Group on 11 Jan 2020
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The Greatest Symphony Collection
Classical - Released by Classique Perfecto on 23 Aug 2011
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Schubert: Symphony No. 9, D. 944
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Pop - Released by Biloba Jazz on 5 Feb 2023
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Master of Classic Music, Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 25
Edwin Fischer, Josef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Oscardigital on 22 Sep 1987
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E, P. 241 'Spring' - Beethoven: Violin Sonata N. 5 Op. 24 'Spring' - Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 'Spring' (Recordings of 1936, 1951 & 1960)
Raimund Barchet, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Fritz Kreisler, Franz Rupp, Josef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Festive Music on 31 Mar 2022
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Beethoven 5
Josef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Countdown Media GmbH - X5 Music Group on 28 Dec 2019
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Les grands compositeurs: Schubert
Josef Krips, Orchestre du Festival de Vienne
Chamber Music - Released by ClassicMelody.fr on 1 Jan 1982
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Schubert Symphony No 9 & 8
Josef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Mangora Classical on 1 Jul 2016
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Musica sacra ai tempi di Don Bosco
Josef Krips, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by EG Classics on 1 Jan 2015
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Dvorak, A.: Cello Concerto (Nelsova, London Symphony, Krips) (1951)
Zara Nelsova, London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 1 Jan 2000
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Schumann, R.: Symphony No. 4 / Mendelssohn, F.: Symphony No. 4, "Italian" (Krips) (1953)
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 1 Jan 2000
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rubinstein) (1956)
Arthur Rubinstein, Symphony of the Air, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 1 Jan 2000
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 (Rubinstein) (1956)
Arthur Rubinstein, Symphony of the Air, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 1 Jan 2000
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Opera Arias - Mozart, Puccini, Massenet, Bizet, Mussorgsky, Bellini, Gounod (Remastered 2024)
Hilde Güden, Raphael Arie, Anton Dermota, London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 26 Apr 2024
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Haydn: Symphony No. 104; Weber: Euryanthe Overture (Remastered 2024)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 26 Apr 2024
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41; Overture, Le nozze di Figaro (Remastered by Andrew Hallifax 2024)
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 26 Apr 2024
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J. Strauss II: Waltzes (Remastered 2024)
The New Symphony Orchestra of London, London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 26 Apr 2024
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Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (Remastered 2024)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1952
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 31 (Remastered 2024)
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1952
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