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[[Ficheiro:Otto Klemperer.jpg|210px|thumbnail|Otto Klemperer (entre 1920 e 1940)]]
'''Otto Klemperer''' ([[Breslau]], [[14 de Maio]] de [[1885]] - [[Zurique]], [[6 de Julho]] de [[1973]]) foi um [[maestro]] e [[compositor]] [[Alemanha|alemão]], considerado um dos mais importantes maestros do século XX<ref>{{ref-livro| nome=Hans | sobrenome=Keller | capítulo=Otto Klemperer | data=1957 | coautores=Cosman, | título=Musical Sketchbook | edição=Cassirer | local=Oxford | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Hr4iAAAAMAAJ&q=%22'The+last+of+the+few+really+great+conductors+of+his+generation%22&dq=%22'The+last+of+the+few+really+great+conductors+of+his+generation%22&pgis=1}}</ref>.
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Regardless of tempo, Klemperer's performances often maintain great intensity. Eric Grunin, in a commentary on the "opinions" page of his ''Eroica Project'', notes: "....The massiveness of the first movement of the ''Eroica'' is real, but is not its main claim on our attention. That honor goes to its astonishing story (structure), and what is to me most unique about Klemperer is that his understanding of the structure remains unchanged no matter what his tempo... "
==DiscographyDiscografia==
Klemperer realizou inúmeras gravações, muitas das quais se tornaram clássicas. Dentre essas, destacam-se:
Klemperer made many recordings, and many have become classics. Among those worthy of note are:
* [[Bach]]: ''[[St.Paixão MatthewSegundo PassionSão (Bach)Mateus, BWV 244|StPaixão segundo MatthewSão PassionMateus]]'' withcom [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], [[Peter Pears]], [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], [[Christa Ludwig]], ande [[Walter Berry]]
* Bach: ''[[MassMissa inem BSi Minor (Bach)|Mass in B MinorMenor]]''
* [[Beethoven]]: ''SymphonyCiclos cyclesdas sinfonias'' (notablyprincipalmente a gravação thede onemeados fromdos theanos mid-1950s1950, onpela EMI)
* Beethoven: ''[[SymphonyNona No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9]]Sinfonia'' (recordedgravação liveao vivo, Novemberem 1957, e 1961)
* Beethoven: ''[[Fidelio (both the live recording from Covent Garden on Testament, and the studio EMI recording]]''
* Beethoven: ''[[Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)|Missa Solemnis]]''
* Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.n° 3-5 (withcom [[Claudio Arrau]], live versions issued on Testament)
* [[Brahms]]: ''Symphony cycles''
* Brahms: ''ViolinConcerto concertopara Violino'' withcom David Oistrakh
* Brahms: [[Requiem Alemão|Ein deutsches Requiem]] withcom [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf|Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]] ande Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
* [[Bruckner]]: ''[[SymphonySinfonia Non.º 4 (Bruckner)|Symphony No.Sinfonia n°4 inem E-flatMi Majormaior]]''
* Bruckner: ''[[SymphonySinfonia No.n° 6 (Bruckner)|Symphonyem No.Lá 6 in A Major]]Maior''
* [[Chopin]]: ''[[Piano Concerto Nopara piano n.° 1 (Chopin) |Piano Concerto No.para piano n° 1]]'' withcom [[Claudio Arrau]], live(gravação versionao issued on Music & Artsvivo)
* [[Handel]]: ''[[MessiahMessias]]'' withcom Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffmann, Nicolai Gedda, ande Jerome Hines)
* Haydn: ''SymphoniesSinfonias 88, 92, 95, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104''
* [[Mahler]]: ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'' withcom Christa Ludwig ande [[Fritz Wunderlich]]
* Mahler: ''[[SymphonySinfonia Non.º 2 (Mahler)|SymphonySinfonia Non.º 2 inem CDó MinorMenor, "ResurrectionRessurreição"]]'', (1)- 1951 withcom [[Kathleen Ferrier]] & Jo Vincent; (2) - 1963 withcom [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]] & Hilde Rössl-Majdan
* Mahler: ''[[SymphonySinfonia No.n° 4 (Mahler)|SymphonySinfonia No. 4]] withcom [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]]
* Mahler: ''[[SymphonySinfonia No. 7 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 7]]'', 1968
* Mahler: ''[[SymphonySinfonia No. 9 (Mahler)|Symphony Non.° 9]]''
* [[Mendelssohn]]: ''SymphoniesSinfonias Nosn.°3- e n.°4''
* Mozart: ''Piano Concerto nopara Piano n.° 25 (withcom [[Daniel Barenboim]])''
* Mozart: ''SymphoniesSinfonias Nos n.° 25, 29, 31, 34, 38, 39, 40 and 41''
* Mozart: ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' (livegravação versionao issued on Testamentvivo)
* Mozart: ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' (''The Magic Flute''), withcom [[Nicolai Gedda]], Walter Berry, [[Gundula Janowitz]], [[Lucia Popp]], ande inparticipação aespecial cameo appearance as one of the Three Ladies,de Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
* [[Stravinsky]]: ''[[Petrushka]]''
* Stravinsky: ''[[Pulcinella]]''
* [[Wagner]]: ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'' (''The Flying Dutchman'') (with com[[Anja Silja]])
* Wagner: ''[[Idílio de Siegfried Idyll]]'', inem theversão original chamberde versioncâmara, withcom membersos ofmembros theda Philharmonia Orchestra
* [[Kurt Weill|Weill]]: ''[[The Threepenny Opera|Kleine Dreigroschenmusik]]'', 1931, 1967
A última gravação de Klemperer foi a da ''Serenata em Mi'', K 375, de Mozart, feita em setembro de 1971. Essa foi a última vez em que ele regeu uma orquestra.
A list of historical recordings of the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] with Klemperer conducting (including parts of the [[George Gershwin]] Memorial Concert at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] can be found here: ''[[Los_Angeles_Philharmonic_discography#Otto_Klemperer|Otto Klemperer conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic]]''
Klemperer's last recording was Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat, K.375, recorded Sept. 28, 1971. That recording session was the last time he ever led an orchestra.
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