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Otto Gerdes
1920-1989 DE
Producer / Conductor of Classical
Otto Gerdes (born January 20, 1920 in Cologne and died June 15, 1989) was a German conductor and record producer.He studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, including conducting with Hermann Abendroth. He conducted opera in Berlin, Dresden, Koblenz, Leipzig, and Munich. He also conducted the radio orchestras of Baden-Baden and Cologne and led concerts with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. In 1956 he became a record producer for Deutsche Grammophon and 1963 the label's artistic director. His conducting for that label began when he filled in for an ailing conductor, recording excerpts from the opera Eugene Onegin.
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Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture on Wagner: Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Otto Gerdes Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH.5 / Act 2: "Wohin seid ihr entschwunden" on Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 - Highlights by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Evelyn Lear, Brigitte Fassbaender, Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Martti Talvela, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Otto Gerdes & Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München Faust Overture on Wagner: Overtures & Preludes by Richard Wagner, Eugen Jochum, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, Rafael Kubelík & Otto Gerdes Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3: Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram) on Great Wagner Singers by Richard Wagner, Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Max Lorenz, Lauritz Melchior, Hans Hotter & Josef Greindl Tannhäuser / Act 2: "Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder" on Wagner: Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Otto Gerdes Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3: "O du, mein holder Abendstern" on Wagner: Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Otto Gerdes Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture on Twilight Of The Gods: The Essential Wagner Collection by Richard Wagner, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Rafael Kubelík, Antal Doráti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Otto Gerdes & Karl Böhm Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 2: "Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle" on Wagner: Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Otto Gerdes Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 1: "Naht euch dem Strande" (Venusberg Music) on Wagner: Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Otto Gerdes Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H.VIIe No.1: 2. Andante on Haydn for Study by Joseph HaydnTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphonie C-dur (In C Major) / Ouvertüren: Faust · Rienzi | Richard Wagner - Bamberger Symphoniker · Otto Gerdes | 1996 | Album |
| Overtures & Preludes | Richard Wagner, Karl Böhm, Rafael Kubelik, Eugen Jochum, Otto Gerdes | 1994 | Compil. |
| Symphony In C | Richard Wagner, Hans Pfitzner, Bamberger Symphoniker, Otto Gerdes, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner | 1983 | Album |
| Penthesilea - Preludes From "Palestrina" | Hugo Wolf / Hans Pfitzner - Otto Gerdes / Ferdinand Leitner | 1983 | Album |
| Symphony Nr. 9 / Penthesilea | Gustav Mahler / Hugo Wolf - Conductors Rafael Kubelik / Otto Gerdes | 1982 | Compil. |
| Tannhäuser | Richard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Otto Gerdes | 1971 | Album |
| Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 4 Op. 98 / Wagner: Meistersinger - Prelude | Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner, Berliner Philharmoniker, Otto Gerdes | 1970 | Album |
| Italienische Serenade • Penthesilea • Der Feuerreiter • Lieder | Hugo Wolf : Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Gerdes | 1969 | Album |
| Othello | Teresa Stratas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Windgassen, Otto Gerdes | 1967 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 (5) "From The New World" | Antonín Dvořák, Berliner Philharmoniker, Otto Gerdes | 1966 | Album |
| Ouvertüren & Vorspiele | Richard Wagner / Karl Böhm, Rafael Kubelik, Otto Gerdes, Eugen Jochum | Compil. | |
| Carmen | Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig Dirigent: Otto Gerdes | Single | |
| Eugen Onegin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Evelyn Lear, Brigitte Fassbaender, Fritz Wunderlich, Otto Gerdes | Album | |
| Trompetenkonzerte = Trumpet Concertos | Georg Philipp Telemann / Giuseppe Torelli / Leopold Mozart / Joseph Haydn / Pierre Thibaud, Bamberger Symphoniker, Otto Gerdes | Album | |
| Zwischenpiel Aus »Notre Dame« / Ballettmusik »Aida« | Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Otto Gerdes | Album |
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