Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven & Others: Concertos & Other Orchestral Works

Featuring

Roland Greutter
Günter Wand
Nikita Magaloff
Hansjörg Schellenberger
Rudolf Firkušný
Hermann Baumann

Dennis Brain
Robert Casadesus
Emil Gilels
Hermut Gießer
Jorge Bolet
Edith Peinemann
Ruggiero Ricci
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Richard Strauss
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
Carl Maria von Weber
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Prokofiev
Camille Saint-Saëns
Hector Berlioz
Luigi Cherubini

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Performer Biography

Günter Wand's recordings of all Bruckner and Schubert symphonies with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, begun in 1977, were a worldwide success and marked the start of his "third-age" career.

Performer Biography

Günter Wand was Principal Conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra from 1982 to 1991 and remained active as its honorary conductor for life.

Historical Context

Günter Wand returned to a destroyed Cologne in October 1945 and was tasked with rebuilding the city's operatic and concert life.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Günter Wand described his mission as "serving music," a cause to which he remained committed for seventy years.

Performer Biography

Günter Wand, the conductor featured on this album, began his career at age twenty as a rehearsal pianist at the Wuppertal Opera.

Composer's Artistic Vision

During his 30 years in Cologne, Günter Wand built up a repertoire from Monteverdi and Bach to Zimmermann and Ligeti, and repatriated "degenerate music" banned by the Nazis.