Lorin Maazel, the conductor on this album, debuted with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1958 at the age of 28, having already gained cult status.
Recording & Production
The recording for this album has been digitally remastered from the original SWR tapes.
Performer Biography
Lorin Maazel began his conducting career as a child prodigy, debuting at age eight with Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and as a violin soloist five days later.
Performer Biography
Maazel was advised by Victor de Sabata, a legendary 20th-century conductor, to go to Italy to succeed as a conductor, which he did in 1952 with a Fulbright Scholarship.
Recording & Production
This album is a live concert recording from December 3, 1958, at the Liederhalle Stuttgart, and is considered a singular document in the history of the broadcaster.
Performer Biography
Maazel's great-grandfather was a military bandleader at the court of the Tsars, and his grandfather was concertmaster at the New York Metropolitan Opera for twenty years.
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