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Beethoven Symphonies Nos.5 & 7 (Album) by Carlos Kleiber

Artist Biography For Carlos Kleiber

Carlos Kleiber 3 July 1930 - 13 July 2004 Was A German-Born Austrian Conductor. He Was Born As Karl Ludwig Kleiber In Berlin The Son Of The Austrian Conductor Erich Kleiber And Ruth Goodrich An American. In 1935 The Kleiber Family Emigrated To Buenos Aires After Erich Kleiber Had Resigned His Post At The Berlin Opera In Protest Over The Nazi Party's Policies. Karl's Name Became Carlos. As A Youth He Had An English Governess Grew Up In English Boarding Schools In Argentina And Later Studied In New York And Zurich. He Also Composed Sang And Played Piano And Timpani. While His Father Noticed His Son's Musical Talents Erich Kleiber Nevertheless Dissuaded Carlos From Pursuing A Musical Career "What A Pity The Boy Is Musically Talented" Wrote His Father To A Friend. Carlos Kleiber Initially Studied Chemistry In Zürich But Soon Decided To Dedicate Himself To Music. He Was Repetiteur At The Gartnerplatz Theatre In Munich In 1952 And Became Kapellmeister At Potsdam In 1954. From 1958 To 1964 He Was Kapellmeister At The Deutsche Oper Am Rhein In Düsseldorf And Duisburg And Then At The Opera In Zürich From 1964 To 1966. Between 1966 And 1973 He Was First Kapellmeister In Stuttgart His Last Permanent Post. During The Following Years He Often Conducted At The Bavarian State Opera In Munich. During His Freelance Career Kleiber Restricted His Conducting Appearances To A Select Number Of Occasions. He Made His British Debut In 1966 With A Performance At The Edinburgh Festival Of Alban Berg's Opera Wozzeck A Work His Father Had Conducted At Its Premiere In 1925. He Made His Bayreuth Debut In 1974 With A Performance Of Richard Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde. His American Debut Came In 1978 With The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Where He Again Conducted In 1983 His Only US Orchestra Appearances. His New York Metropolitan Opera Debut Was In 1988 Conducting Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème With Luciano Pavarotti And Mirella Freni. In 1989 Following Herbert Von Karajan's Resignation From The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Kleiber Was Offered And Declined The Post Of The Orchestra's Next Music Director. 6 Kleiber Returned To The Met In 1990 To Conduct Otello And Der Rosenkavalier. Kleiber Kept Out Of The Public Eye And Reportedly Never Gave An Official Interview. After He Resigned From The Bavarian State Opera His Appearances Became Less Frequent And He Made Only A Few Recordings. Most Of These Are Regarded As Very Fine His Versions Of Ludwig Van Beethoven's Fifth And Seventh Symphonies With The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra And Of The Symphony No. 4 And No. 7 Beethoven With The Bavarian State Orchestra Are Particularly Notable. Other Notable Recordings Include Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 4 And Franz Schubert's Third And Eighth "Unfinished" Symphonies Also With The Vienna Philharmonic Recordings Of Dvořák's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra With Sviatoslav Richter Carl Maria Von Weber's Der Freischütz Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata And Richard Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde. Kleiber's Unique Conducting Style Is Preserved On Video In A Number Of Performances Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 And Symphony No. 7 From The Concertgebouw In Amsterdam Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus From Munich Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier From Both Munich And Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 36th Symphony And Brahms' Second Symphony From The Musikverein In Vienna Beethoven's Coriolan Overture Mozart's 33rd And Brahms' Fourth Symphonies From Munich And Bizet's Carmen Again From Vienna. He Led The New Year's Concert Of The Vienna Philharmonic In 1989 And 1992 And These Are Both Preserved On Video. He Effectively Retired From Concert Life In The Early 1990s Occasionally Appearing To Give Private Concerts Or Benefit Concerts. For One Such Event In Ingolstadt Instead Of The Usual Fee Kleiber Received A New Audi Made To His Specifications. In The Opinion Of Many Of His Colleagues And Audiences Who Have Experienced His Meticulously Rehearsed But Ever Spontaneous And Inspired Performances This Eccentric Genius Is The Greatest Conductor Of All Time First Among Equals Despite The Paucity Of His Appearances. He Is Buried In The Slovenian Village Of Konjšica Near Litija In 2004 Together With His Wife Stanislava Brezovar A Ballet Dancer Who Died 7 Months Earlier. He And His Wife Had Two Children A Son Marko And A Daughter Lillian. Official Discography Complete 1973 Carl Maria Von Weber Der Freischütz Staatskapelle Dresden DG. Soloists Gundula Janowitz Edith Mathis Peter Schreier Theo Adam Bernd Weikl Siegfried Vogel Franz Crass. 1973 R.Strauss Der Rosenkavalier - Complete Orfeo D'or 1974 Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon. 1975 Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera Munich Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists Hermann Prey Julia Varady Lucia Popp René Kollo Ivan Rebroff Bernd Weikl. 1975-1976 Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon. 1976 Antonín Dvořák Concerto For Piano And Orchestra Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera EMI. Piano Sviatoslav Richter. 1976-1977 Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists Ileana Cotrubaş Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes. 1978 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon. 1978 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon. 1980 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 17 . 1980-1982 Richard Wagner Tristan Und Isolde Staatskapelle Dresden Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists René Kollo Margaret Price Brigitte Fassbaender Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kurt Moll. 1982-1983 Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7 Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera Orfeo. 1989 Vienna New Year's Concert Vienna Philharmonic Sony. 1992 Vienna New Year's Concert Vienna Philharmonic Sony. Official DVD Releases
1970 "The Great Conductors" TDK And Arthaus. Overtures Der Freischütz & Die Fledermaus Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Rehearsals 1978 Georges Bizet Carmen Vienna Philharmonic TDK. Soloists Elena Obraztsova Plácido Domingo Yuri Mazurok Isobel Buchanan. 1979 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists Gwyneth Jones Brigitte Fassbaender Lucia Popp Francisco Araiza. 1983 Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 7 Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam Philips. 1986 Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists Pamela Coburn Brigitte Fassbaender Janet Perry Eberhard Wächter. 1989 Vienna New Year's Concert Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon. 1991 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 Vienna Philharmonic Philips. 1992 Vienna New Year's Concert Vienna Philharmonic Philips. 1994 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Orchestra Of The Vienna State Opera Deutsche Grammophon. Soloists Felicity Lott Kurt Moll Anne Sofie Von Otter Gottfried Hornik Barbara Bonney Heinz Zednik. 1996 Ludwig Van Beethoven "Coriolan" Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 33 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 Bavarian State Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon

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