Last week in Manhattan, at considerable personal expense, after great personal effort, a musician conducted an orchestra to prove to the world that he is not crazy. There have been worse reasons ...

Dark, fierce-eyed Otto Klemperer has the awe-inspiring, fiery look of an Old Testament prophet. And, like Job, he has been sorely afflicted. Last week, at 61, after years of tragedy, Conductor ...

(Klemperer with Theo Adam, Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, and others; Angel SCL-3730). Right from the tremendously stormy overture, this is one of the most magnificent Wagnerian recordings ever made ...