Otto Gerdes
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Biography
Otto Gerdes was a German conductor and music producer. He studied at the Cologne University of Music. In 1946, he founded a dance orchestra in Cologne, which later became the Cologne Radio Dance Orchestra associated with NWDR Köln and eventually evolved into the WDR Big Band. In 1948, Gerdes became conductor of the SWF entertainment orchestra at Koblenz, a position he held until 1951. From 1952 to 1955, he worked as a guest conductor at the state operas in Berlin and Munich. In 1956, he became head of recording at Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft and in 1963 succeeded Elsa Schiller as its artistic director for classical music. He was later active as a freelance conductor after leaving the company in 1970. In the 1970s, he conducted in Parma, Milan, Turin, and Japan. He died on June 15, 1989.
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- Tannhäuser: "Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann" - "Der Seele Heil, die nun entflohn" featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto in D Major, LMW IX:13 (Arr. Seiffert): II. Allegro moderato featuring Otto Gerdes
- Tannhäuser: "Ich hörte Harfenschlag" featuring Otto Gerdes
- Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H.VIIe No.1: 1. Allegro featuring Pierre Thibaud
- Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 featuring Herbert von Karajan
- Wagner: Overture To Tannhäuser (Act 1) by Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin [Orchestra]
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Nach Rom gelangt' ich so" featuring Otto Gerdes
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Inbrunst im Herzen" featuring Otto Gerdes
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann...Der Seele Heil, die nun entflohn" featuring Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin [Choir]
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Da sank ich in Vernichtung dumpf darnieder...Halt ein! Unsel'ger" featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Tannhäuser: "Der Unglücksel'ge, den gefangen" featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Heil ! Heil! Der Gnade Wunder Heil!" featuring Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin [Choir]
- Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D7: I. Adagio featuring Otto Gerdes
- Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Ein jeder kennt die Lieb' auf Erden "Germin's Aria" featuring Otto Gerdes
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen...Dies ist ihr Sang" featuring Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin [Choir]
- Tannhäuser: "O du, mein holder Abendstern" by Otto Gerdes
- Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Polonaise by Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Otto Gerdes
- Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: O bang ist mir um's Herz "Closing Scene" featuring Evelyn Lear
- Tannhäuser: "Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande" by Otto Gerdes
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen!" featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Tannhäuser: "Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen" - "Dies ist ihr Sang" featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Welch' Festglanz, wie froh sind alle Gäste featuring Fritz Wunderlich
- Tannhäuser: "Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen!" featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - "Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande" featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
