Erich Leinsdorf conducts Mahler and Strauss / Boston Symphony Orchestra & WGBH Educational Foundation under exclusive licence to International Classical Artists Ltd.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993, conductor.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, performer, production company.

WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.

International Classical Artists, Ltd., production company.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Symphonies.

Symphonic poems.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 8 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Boston Symphony Orchestra : WGBH Educational Foundation : International Classical Artists Ltd, [2011]

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Erich Leinsdorf's seven season stint as the twelfth music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1962- 1969) was only one chapter in a long and distinguished career that spanned nearly six decades. With the Boston Symphony Orchestra he performed five Mahler's symphonies (Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6) and recorded all but the Fourth for RCA in versions that became touchstones for superior recorded sound. Leinsdorf brought impressive credentials and a wealth of experience to this music. He was born in Mahler's city, Vienna, just over eight months after the composer's death, and early in his career served as assistant to Mahler's own assistant and protégé, Bruno Walter. Mahler's idiomatic sound world and rhythmic world, urban and rustic, dancing and marching, were in Leinsdorf's ears since childhood. Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel was a parade piece for The Boston Symphony Orchestra and its music director during the Leinsdorf years. He conducted it in three seasons and on two American tours. And while Leinsdorf often does not seem to be enjoying himself, especially when he is on camera, in this film, he surely does.

Contents:

Symphony no. 1 in D major, "Titan" / Gustav Mahler

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 / Richard Strauss.

Participant:

Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 1, D major

Container of: Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.

OCLC:

956368583

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.