A rare few personalities, who have rendered outstanding services in various spheres of life, have created a new system of chronology in their fields, to which they have devoted the best of their creative potential. In music such figures include the unique baton masters Erich and Carlos Kleiber.

In this blog, articles by their contemporaries as well as by admirers of their art have been assembled from the foreign press and the internet. They are an attempt to become acquainted with the main life features of both conductors, and with their unique mastership of conducting in rehearsal and in concert. Several points of view are presented in this blog - English, German, Italian and Spanish. Each presents the Kleibers in a different perspective.

Note, that little is known about the Kleiber’s family – not much has been written -- and in my country Bulgaria nothing has been published to my knowledge. I do believe their art might serve and should serve as a wonderful example to everyone devoted to conducting.

The symphonic, opera and operetta performances, that sounded magnificently under their baton, which we can hear and observe in some few of their recordings, assure us more and more, that we should more often listen to and speak, and write about such titans in the global musical culture. Their mastership may thus enrich and inspire the upcoming generations of conductors and admirers of their musical art. This best expresses the sincere intent of the author and compiler of the blog "Kleiber"s Era".

Tomislav Vichev


BG

Има личности с изключителни заслуги в различни области на живота, които създават ново летоброене в съответната дейност, на която са се посветили и отдали най-хубавото от творческия си потенциал. Такива личности в сферата на музиката са неповторимите майстори на диригентската палка Ерих и Карлос Клайбер. 

В този блог са събрани (от чуждата преса и Интернет) статии от техни съвременници, както и от почитатели на изкуството им. Те са един опит за запознанство с най-характерните житейски качества на двамата диригенти и с тяхното гениално диригентско майсторство в репетиционната и концертна дейност. 

В този смисъл следва да се отбележи, че за фамилията Клайбер не се знае много, не е писано достатъчно, а в страната ни не са публикувани други материали, освен гореспоменатите. Според мен тяхното изкуство може и трябва да послужи за пример на всички, които са се посветили на диригентската професия.

Чрез симфоничните, оперни и оперетни представления, които са прозвучали под тяхната палка и които можем да чуем и видим от малкото им записи, още повече се уверяваме, че за такива титани в световната музикална култура трябва по-често да говорим, пишем и слушаме, за да може тяхното майсторство да обогатява и вдъхновява още много поколения диригенти и почитатели на музикалното изкуство. Това е желанието и целта на автора и съставителя на блога "Ерата Клайбер". 

Томислав Вичев




CARLOS KLEIBER"s Official discography (complete):

• 1973: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischьtz, Staatskapelle Dresden, DG. Soloists: Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Bernd Weikl, Siegfried Vogel, Franz Crass.
• 1973: R.Strauss : Der Rosenkavalier - complete, Orfeo D"or
• 1974: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon.
• 1975: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus, Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists: Hermann Prey, Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, Renй Kollo, Ivan Rebroff, Bernd Weikl.
• 1975-1976: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Vienna Philharmonic, Deutsche Grammophon.
• 1976: Antonнn Dvořбk: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, EMI. Piano: Sviatoslav Richter.
• 1976-1977: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata, Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists: Ileana Cotrubaş, Plбcido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes.
• 1978: Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3, Vienna Philharmonic, Deutsche Grammophon.
• 1978: Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished", Vienna Philharmonic, Deutsche Grammophon.
• 1980: Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Vienna Philharmonic, Deutsche Grammophon^[17].
• 1980-1982: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Staatskapelle Dresden, Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists: Renй Kollo, Margaret Price, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kurt Moll.
• 1982-1983: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 6, Symphony No. 7, Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Orfeo.
• 1989: Vienna New Year"s Concert, Vienna Philharmonic, Sony.
• 1992: Vienna New Year"s Concert, Vienna Philharmonic, Sony.

Official DVD releases

• 1970: "The Great conductors", TDK and Arthaus. Overtures: Der Freischьtz & Die Fledermaus Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (rehearsals)
• 1978: Georges Bizet: Carmen, Vienna Philharmonic, TDK. Soloists: Elena Obraztsova, Plбcido Domingo, Yuri Mazurok, Isobel Buchanan.
• 1979: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists: Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza.
• 1983: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 7, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Philips.
• 1986: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus, Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists: Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wдchter.
• 1989: Vienna New Year"s Concert, Vienna Philharmonic, Deutsche Grammophon.
• 1991: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Vienna Philharmonic, Philips.
• 1992: Vienna New Year"s Concert, Vienna Philharmonic, Philips.
• 1994: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists: Felicity Lott, Kurt Moll, Anne Sofie von Otter, Gottfried Hornik, Barbara Bonney, Heinz Zednik.
• 1996: Ludwig van Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33, Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Bavarian State Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon.

Vienna Philharmonic 2010
80th Anniversary of the Birth of Carlos Kleiber

21 Jun 2010, 20:30
Gallus Hall, Lubljana, Slovenia.

Conductor: Riccardo Muti

Programme:

Wolfgang A. Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C Major, KV 425, “Linz”
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8 in B minor, “Unfinished”
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Peter I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathetique”

Advance sale (19 June 2009 – 31 January 2010): EUR 72, 58, 47, 40
Regular sale (1st February 2010): EUR 78, 65, 53, 45, 30.

This year, Erich Kleiber has Anniversary - 120 years!
On August 2010, Colon Theater with Daniel Barenboim will celebrate 120 years of Erich Kleiber's Birth.

It isn't the first time I read your blog ... now I want
say: Thank you!

GB