Paul Kletzki
Paul Kletzki was a highly respected conductor in the middle years of the 1900s. He was a composition student at the Warsaw Conservatory and the Berlin Academy. He had taken violin as a boy and continued his studies on that instrument in Warsaw with Emil Mlynarski. His first professional job was as a member of the Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra. Meanwhile, he was composing. When he debuted as a conductor in Berlin in 1923 it was in a concert of his own compositions. He settled in Berlin, where he conducted and composed actively. He left Germany in 1933 when he went to Venice and Milan and received an invitation to teach composition and orchestra at the Milan Scola Superiore di Musica. From 1937 to 1938 he was the musical director of the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra in the U.S.S.R. At the end of that term he left for Switzerland, where he remained. He took Swiss citizenship in 1947. Kletzki conducted widely after the War. He came into demand for his qualities of lucidity and power, together with fresh conceptions of the music. He was particularly in demand as a guest conductor in South and Central America, and had a close association with the Israel Philharmonic. He was music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (1958 - 1962), the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1964 - 1966), and the Orchestra of Suisse Romande (1968 - 1970). He had received considerable praise for his compositions, particularly before World War II, when he had more time to write. However, most of his output was lost in the destruction of World War II.
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Paul Kletzki, Vol. 9 : Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms
Swiss Festival Orchestra, Johanna Martzy, Paul Kletzki, Philharmonia Orchestra
Classical - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 18 Oct 2019
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 & Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Paul Kletzki, The Philharmonia Orchestra
Classical - Released by Sunday Club Records on 12 Mar 2014
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Tchaïkovski: Serenade in C Major, Op. 48
Paul Kletzki, Philharmonia Orchestra
Classical - Released by Ancien Prodige on 22 Feb 2024
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