Rare. Rene Leibowitz conducts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1962)Rene Leibowitz (1913-1972) was born in Warsaw but moved to Paris in his teens and there began a long, illustrious conducting career. Particularly interested in contemporary music, he studied with Webern and Schoenberg and wrote a detailed analysis of twelve-tone music. A keen ear for instrumental coloration (Ravel was his orchestration teacher) was evident in his kaleidoscopic transcriptions of such works as Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C (for double orchestra!). But he is best known for his often highly personal renditions of many staples of the Classical and Romantic repertoire.
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Friday, 15 October 2010
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Have always loved this. Remember listening to this as a child. Mozart at his finest.
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