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HEYWORTH: Do you regard yourself as a conductor who happens to compose, or as a composer who has been unjustly neglected? KLEMPERER: It's a very difficult question. I can only say a few words. Naturally, I would be glad to be remembered as a conductor and as a composer. But, without wanting to be arrogant, I would only like to be remembered as a good composer. If people find my compositions weak, then it is better not to be remembered. Peter Heyworth, Conversations with Klemperer (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1973), p. 129.

These lists (with some corrections by Lotte Klemperer) are from Klemperer on Music: Shavings from a Musician's Workbench. For Dr. Klemperer's comments about some of these compositions, please see Klemperer on Music, pp. 28-30; for editorial footnotes, see pp. 227-233.

For an insightful discussion of Dr. Klemperer's compositions, see Scott Giles' Among the Greats: Otto Klemperer.