Hermann Abendroth (1883-1956) was a German conductor, one of the major figures in central European orchestral life during the first half of the twentieth century.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Beethoven, Liszt, Sibelius, Reger and other repertory, conducting Berlin and Paris orchestral forces in recordings from 1935 to 1942.

Abendroth’s conducting belonged to the old German Kapellmeister tradition: broad, serious, flexible and rooted in long practical experience rather than surface celebrity.

His page is essential for the historic-conductor strand. Abendroth brings heavy old orchestral timber to the index.