Erich Leinsdorf

1912 - 1993
  

 

Born Erich Landauer in Vienna, Austria on February 4, 1912 . At the age of 22 in 1934 he auditioned before Bruno Walter and Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival, where he was appointed Toscanini's assistant. He spent four summers working at the Salzburg Festival until 1938.
 
Erich Leinsdorf's American debut took place  at the Metropolitan Opera when he conducted Wagner's Die Walküre on January 21, 1938. His success with Wagnerian operas led to his appointment at the Met in 1939 as head of the company's German repertoire. He took American citizenship in 1942. The following year he was appointed music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.
In 1947, Leinsdorf became music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra a post he held until 1955. In 1962, Leinsdorf succeeded Charles Munch as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He resigned the Boston post with the 1968-69 season. In 1978, he took up his first permanent post in Europe, becoming principal conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until 1980. Since leaving Cleveland, Leinsdorf has appeared many times as guest conductor at both Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center. He died on September 11, 1993. His style was dry in tone and note perfect.

Nato Erich Landauer a Vienna, Austria il 4 febbraio 1912. All'età di 22 di 1934 auditioned prima di Bruno Walter e di Arturo Toscanini al Festival de Salisburgo, dove è stato nominato assistente del Toscanini. Ha speso le quattro estati che funzionano al Festival de Salisburgo fino al 1938. Il debutto americano di Erich Leinsdorf ha avvenuto all'opera metropolitana quando ha condotto il dado Walküre del Wagner il 21 gennaio 1938.

Il suo successo con le opere di Wagnerian ha condotto al suo appuntamento al venuto a contatto di in 1939 come testa del repertorio tedesco dell'azienda. Ha preso la cittadinanza americana in 1942. Il seguente anno è stato nominato direttore di musica dell'orchestra de Cleveland.

In 1947, Leinsdorf ha stato bene al direttore di musica dell'orchestra de Rochester Philharmonic un l'alberino che ha tenuto fino al 1955. In 1962, Leinsdorf il riuscito Charles Munch come direttore di musica dell'orchestra di symphony de Boston. Si è dimesso l'alberino de Boston con la stagione 1968-69. In 1978, ha preso il suo primo impiego permanente in Europa, conduttore principale diventante dell'orchestra radiofonica di symphony de Berlino, un alberino che ha tenuto fino al 1980. Dal lasciare Cleveland, Leinsdorf ha comparso molte volte come conduttore dell'ospite sia alla separazione Corridoio che al centro di musica del fiore. È morto il 11 settembre 1993. Il suo stile era asciutto nel tono e nella nota perfetti.

 

 ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"

Disco Archivia 661
Erich Leinsdorf conducts
August 1969 - Boston Farewell
Berlioz:Royal Hunt and Storm
Beethoven:Sinfonie n. 9
Beverly Sills, Kopleff, Diaz, Alexander
 ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo BSO 1971
Disco Archivia 662
Weber:Jubilee Ov.
Bruch:Odysseus excerpts
Gluck:Arias and Brahms songs with Chookasian
Prokofiev:Romeo and Juliette excerpts
 ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo Cleveland 11/73
Disco Archivia 663
 
Casals:Song of the Birds
Mozart:Divertimento n. 7
Weill:3 Penny Opera Suite
Schumann:Sinfonie n. 2
plus Casals tribute at intermission

 

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ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
BSO 1967
Disco Archivia 664
Beethoven:Leonore (1805 version) complete
Alfred Ryder, narrator. H.L. Kuhse, G. Shirley,
T. Krause, M.E. Pracht, A. Berberian

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo BSO 1966-68
Disco Archivia 665
Legendary Liszt Performances in Blazing Stereo
8/19/66 Erich Leinsdorf (Tanglewood)
Jeanne-Marie Darré (pf)
Liszt: Totentanz (Darré)
Liszt: Piano Concerto Nº 1 (Darré)
8/20/66Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf Jorge Bolet (pf) (Tanglewood)
Liszt: Fantasia on themes from Beethoven's "Ruins of Athens"
Liszt: Piano Concerto Nº 2 (Bolet)
7/26/68 Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf (Tanglewood)
Jorge Bolet (pf) Liszt: Hungarian fantasy (Bolet)
 
This is the ultimate Liszt Concerto CD in terms of
both virtuosic performance and value ... unrivaled excitement
***** HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Great Stereo Sound BSO
Disco Archivia 666

8/25/63 Erich Leinsdorf (Tanglewood)
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Chookasian, Tanglewood Festival Chorus)
8/8/64 Erich Leinsdorf (Tanglewood)
Phyllis Curtin (s), Lili Chookasian (ms), Justino Diaz (bs), Festival Chorus, Childrens' Chorus from 8 summer camps
Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen--Incidental music
***** HIGHEST RATING
This Nevsky rivals Reiner and is sung in Russian.
Ruins of Athens played with great frolic.
Kudos to the BSO percussionists

 

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ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'Live'
BSO 1964 in Stereo
Disco Archivia 667
 
Haydn: Symphony Nº 39
Haydn: I due suppositi conti--Aria di Beatrice (Vanni)
Haydn: Cantata "Applausus" (Boatwright, Vanni, Bressler, D. Bell, Tanglewood Festival Chorus)
bonus: Erich Leinsdorf (Symphony Hall)
Schubert:Rosamunde (original overture) 2/8/63
Nielsen: Symphony Nº 6 12/14/65

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo BSO 1963
Disco Archivia 668
 
4/6/63 Erich Leinsdorf (Symphony Hall)
Weber: Der Freischütz--Overture
Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler" 2/19/66
Haydn: Mass Nº 11, "Nelson Mass" (Endich, Wolff, di Giuseppe, Plishka, Tanglewood Choir) 7/13/68 Erich Leinsdorf (Tanglewood)

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -Cleveland 1976
Disco Archivia 669
 
Mahler:Sinfonie n. 8 with Scottish National Chorus etc.
L.Chookasian, M. dunn, J. alexander, P. Plishka, B. Fredericks (plus British and US National Anthem)

  

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ROSTROPOVITCH AND LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"in Stereo BSO 1975 - 1964 -1966
Disco Archivia 670
Shostakovitch Memorial Program
(composer died the same day as this concert)
Rostropovitch BSO 9/8/75/ Tanglewood
Memorial Concert on The Death of Shostakovitch -
Tchaikovsky:Francesca and E. Onegin excerpts (Vishnevskaya) + Rimsky encore then dedication by conductor and performance
Shostakovitch:Symphonie n. 5 -- plus bonus
3 Leinsdorf BSO performances:
Haydn: Grand March for the Royal Society of Musicians
3/14/64 Erich Leinsdorf (Symphony Hall)
Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen--Suite
9/30/66 Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf (Symphony Hall)
Toch: Symphony Nº 5 Jepthe 2/18/66
Erich Leinsdorf (Symphony Hall)

 

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ERICH LEINSDORF TRIBUTE 'Live'
BSO in Stereo
Disco Archivia 671
Tchaikovsky:Sinfonie n. 5 1/5/69
Mendelssohn:Midsummer Nights Dream (complete)
soloists:Swenson, Vanni and Saunders 10/11/62
Rachmaninoff:P. Con. # 3 Van Cliburn 23/7/66
Brahms:Academic Fest. Ov. 6/6/67
***** wonderful brisk brash Tchaikovsky, nicest complete Mendelssohn ever, very exciting Rachmaninoff

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -BSO
Disco Archivia 672
Wagner:Dutchman Ov. 1968
Piston:Sinfonie n. 4 17/1/64
Piston:Sinfonie n. 7 22/9/62
Copland:els salon Mexico 1966
bonus:Piston:Toccata 1974 with
Thomas conducting

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
Cleveland Complete 1943 Concert
Disco Archivia 673
 
Mussorgsky:Kovantchina Prelude
Brahms:Piano Con. #1 with A. Loesser
Gould:American Salute

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -BSO
Disco Archivia 674
Bruckner:Sinfonie n. 8 17/4/65***** excellent and brisk similar to terrific van Beinum recording.

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -BSO 22/3/64
Disco Archivia 675
Rossini:Il Signore Bruschino
Beethoven:Sinfonie n. 7
R.Strauss:Also Sprach Zarathustra***** excellent

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -BSO
Disco Archivia 676
Schumann:Sinfonie n. 3 18/12/64
Brahms/Schoenberg:Piano Qt. 16/11/62

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -BSO
Disco Archivia 677
Mahler:Sinfonie n. 1 13/10/62 ***** excellent ...
A snap crackle and pop Mahler !!!!
Respighi:Vetrate di Chiesa 17/10/64 ****
Nearly as good as the legendary Dorati Mercury

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -BSO
Disco Archivia 678
Bruckner:Sinfonie n. 7 18/2/64
Piston:Prelude and Allegro 10/1/69

 

ERICH LEINSDORF CONDUCTS 'LIVE"
in Stereo -BSO
Disco Archivia 679
Strauss:Heldenleben w. Silverstein 11/3/63 *****
excellent sound and performance
Bartok:Concerto for Orchestra 8/8/65 ****

 

 1927-2007

Also...Please see Disco Årchivia 670 (above on this page)

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Disco Archivia 1195
 
Mstislav Rostropovich conducts in Stereo
1982 The National Symphony
Grieg:In Autumn Ov. (11/28/82)
Walton:Prologo e Fantasia -Premiere
Brahms:Sinfonie n. 4
Prokofiev:Alexander Nevsky (w. Chookasian) bonus:
Mozart:Sinfonie n. 25 1981 NYPS (see 1197 for part two)
Schubert:Sinfonie n. 8 BSO 4/2/77 (see 1196 for part two)

 

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Disco Archivia 1196
Mstislav Rostropovich conducts in Stereo
BSO concert of 28/1/77:
 
Brahms:Haydn Var.
Haydn:Sinfonie n. 44
Prokofiev:Alexander Nevsky (w. Chookasian)
bonus: part two of 4/2/77BSO concert:
Shostakovitch:Sinfonie n. 8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disco Archivia 1197
 
Mstislav Rostropovich conducts in Stereo
part two of 1981 NYPS concert:
 
Prokofiev:Scythian suite
Dvorak:Sinfonie n. 9
Disco Archivia 1198
 
Mstislav Rostropovich conducts (and plays) in Stereo
The National Symphony Concert of 11/28/82
 
Nordhall:Choralis - Premiere
Nordheim: Tenebre for Cello and Orch -Premiere
Nielsen:Sinfonie n. 3

 

 
   

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