Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf (born Erich Landauer; February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. He also published books and essays on musical matters.

Leinsdorf made numerous recordings throughout his career, including some 78-rpm discs for Columbia Records with the Cleveland Orchestra. He made a number of recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Capitol and later for Sheffield Labs. In the 1950s, he was conductor for a series of complete stereophonic opera recordings made in Rome, beginning with Puccini's Tosca with Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, and Leonard Warren for RCA Victor. He continued to record for RCA Victor as music director of the Boston Symphony. Later he again made additional operatic recordings, including the first complete stereo recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die tote Stadt, with Carol Neblett and René Kollo. Leinsdorf conducted the BSO with pianist Arthur Rubinstein in pianist's second complete recording of Beethoven's piano concertos, Brahms' First Piano Concerto, and Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.

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Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf (born Erich Landauer; February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. He also published books and essays on musical matters.

Leinsdorf made numerous recordings throughout his career, including some 7...

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PUCCINI Tosca

Stereo studio recording, 1957
Total duration: 1hr 53:29

Tosca - Zinka Milanov
Cavaradossi - Jussi Björling
Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf


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PUCCINI Turandot

Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total duration: 1hr 54:30

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson
Calaf - Jussi Björling
Liù - Renata Tebaldi
Ping - Mario Sereni
Pang - Piero De Palma
Pong - Tommaso Frascati

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'opera di Roma
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

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GRIEG  Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
MENDELSSOHN  Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
SCHUMANN  Carnaval, Op. 9   [STEREO recording]

Studio recordings, 1953-59
Total duration: 74:26
Ania Dorfmann. piano

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BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
FRANCK Symphony in D minor

Studio recordings, 1952
Total duration: 77:38

Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung

Recorded in 1961/62

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus    
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf


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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 27:46 (includes radion announcements)

Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Mime - Paul Kuen

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus    
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf