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When Carlos Kleiber made these recordings of rehearsals and concert performance of the overtures to Strauss' Die Fledermaus and Weber's Der Freischuetz for SDR in the spring of 1970 with the Suedfunk Symphony Orchestra in Stuttgart's Villa Berg, he was already in greater demand as a conductor than most of his contemporaries. This DVD offers a rare glimpse of Kleiber's often highly original attempts to verbally communicate his ideas to his musicians, and begs the question: conducting genius or madman?

This release captures a rarely seen rehearsal performance of the overtures to "Die Fledermaus" and "Der Freischutz" by the Sudfunk Symphony Orchestra under the conduction of Carlos Kleiber, recorded in Stuttgart's Villa Bert in 1970. The release also includes intimate footage of Kleiber interacting with the musicians. This is the only Dieter Ertel video. 

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