Greatest Classical Conductors of Recording Era
by VertigoOne | created - 22 Feb 2016 | updated - 22 Feb 2016 | Public
1. Otto Klemperer
Soundtrack | The Darjeeling Limited
Otto Klemperer was born on May 14, 1885 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Jude (1996) and Shadows and Fog (1991). He was married to Johanna Klemperer. He died on July 6, 1973 in Zurich, Switzerland.
2. Arturo Toscanini
Soundtrack | Awham Alhoub
Arturo Toscanini was the most celebrated conductor of his time, considered by many to be the greatest conductor of the twentieth century. He revolutionized musical interpretation by frequently insisting that his orchestras play the music exactly as written, a highly unusual practice in the ...
3. Leonard Bernstein
Soundtrack | New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
Renowned composer ("West Side Story", "Candide", "On The Town"), conductor, arranger, pianist, educator, author, TV/radio host, educated at the Boston Latin School and Harvard University (BA) with Walter Piston. Edward Burlingame Hill and A. Tillman Merritt. He studied piano with Helen Coates, ...
4. Bruno Walter
Actor | Carnegie Hall
Bruno Walter was born on September 15, 1876 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Carnegie Hall (1947), The Last Station (2009) and All Things Fair (1995). He was married to Elsa Korneck. He died on February 17, 1962 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
5. Wilhelm Furtwängler
Soundtrack | Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König
Wilhelm Furtwängler was born on January 25, 1886 in Berlin, Germany. He is known for Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972), A Dream, What Else? (1995) and Les passagers (1999). He was married to Elisabeth Ackermann and Zitla Lund. He died on November 30, 1954 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, ...
6. Ferenc Fricsay
Soundtrack | Nuit de chien
Ferenc Fricsay was born on August 9, 1914 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Nuit de chien (2008), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: La voix de l'âme (1995) and Sabine und die 100 Männer (1960). He was married to Silvia and ???. He died on February 20, 1963 in Basel, Switzerland.
7. Carlos Kleiber
Soundtrack | Minority Report
Carlos Kleiber was born on July 3, 1930 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Minority Report (2002), The Intouchables (2011) and Apt Pupil (1998). He was married to Stanka Brezovar. He died on July 13, 2004 in Konjusica, Slovenia.
8. Georg Solti
Soundtrack | Apocalypse Now
Sir Georg Solti was a renowned orchestra and opera conductor, best known as the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who set a since-surpassed record by winning 31 Grammy Awards. He was born György Stern in Budapest, Hungary (his Germanic last named was changed under the country's ...
9. George Szell
Soundtrack | Le mirage
George Szell was born on June 7, 1897 in Budapest, Hungary. He is known for Le mirage (1992), Os Maias: Cenas da Vida Romântica (2014) and Orchestra of Exiles (2012). He was married to Helena Schultz Teltsch and Olga Band. He died on July 30, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
10. Herbert von Karajan
Soundtrack | Captain America: The First Avenger
It is an unfortunate aspect of the present day that there are those who cannot necessarily see and appreciate pure greatness when it stares them in the face. The excuse usually given is that some people could not forgive, let alone understand, why he joined the Nazi Party. However, Karajan never ...
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