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Mahler: Kindertotenlieder - Strauss, Richard: Tod und Verklärung

11/17/2017, 6 Tracks, 59:26

Featuring

  • Sergiu Celibidache
  • Brigitte Fassbaender
  • Münchner Philharmoniker
  • Gustav Mahler
  • Richard Strauss

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Performer Biography

Sergiu Celibidache, the conductor on this album, initially studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Iași before turning to music.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Sergiu Celibidache served as the music director of the Munich Philharmonic for seventeen years, starting in 1979.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Sergiu Celibidache's rehearsals with the Munich Philharmonic were open to the public free of charge, allowing anyone to observe his meticulous work.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Sergiu Celibidache was appointed interim conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra after World War II when Wilhelm Furtwängler was banned from conducting.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Richard Strauss's tone poem Tod und Verklärung was written in parallel with his first opera, Guntram, marking a period of artistic and philosophical revision for the composer.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Sergiu Celibidache refused to allow recordings of his concerts to be released on CD during his lifetime; this album features archival recordings released by his family.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Mahler's Kindertotenlieder uses a reduced orchestral force and economical use of resources, giving the songs an intimate character and chamber-like transparency.

Source: Booklet

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