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Antiphon Records continues its monumental archive of the historical recordings of Otto Klemperer with their thirteenth "Cologne" entry, featuring Beethoven's "Egmont" Overture and Eighth Symphony alongside Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Otto Klemperer was one of the great conductors of the twentieth century. Like Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Erich Kleiber, Carl Schuricht, Bruno Walter and other “grand old men” whose careers flourished in the inter-war years, Klemperer’s roots lay still very much in the Kapellmeister tradition. The enormous extent of the total number of Klemperer’s recordings, both live and studio, can easily be gauged from the discography that Antiphon Records has compiled: ranging from 1924 to 1971, it features performances from all his creative periods, significantly including the years 1934-1950 when, except for a brief spell with Vox in 1946, Klemperer was bereft of opportunities to make commercial recordings. Thus our archive serves as the ideal basis for anyone wanting to form a comprehensive “sonic” idea of all facets that make up the musicianship of this extraordinary conductor, revealing at the same time the particular features of Klemperer’s unique interpretative style.