Erich Leinsdorf - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (1966) [2018] Hi-Res

Erich Leinsdorf
Born: February 4, 1912 - Vienna, Austria
Died: September 11, 1993 - Zürich, Switzerland
The eminent Austrian-born American conductor, Erich Leinsdorf (real name: Landauer), was
studying music at a local school by the age of 5. He studied conducting at the Mozarteum in
Salzburg, and later at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Academy of Music.
From 1934 to 1937, Erich Leinsdorf worked as an assistant to Bruno Walter and Arturo
Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival. He conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
from 1938, being particularly noted for his Wagner; after the sudden death of Artur Bodanzky
in 1939, Leinsdorf was named the Met's "head of German repertoire". In 1942 Leinsdorf
became a naturalized American citizen. From 1943 he had a brief three-year post as Music
Director of the Cleveland Orchestra, but was absent for much of this tenure because he was
drafted into the United States Armed Forces for World War II; the orchestra did not renew his
contract. Many years later, in the transition in Cleveland Orchestra from Lorin Maazel to
Christoph von Dohnányi between 1982 and 1984, Leinsdorf returned to lead several
concerts; he described his role as "the bridge between the regimes".
Erich Leinsdorf with the Boston Symphony Orchestra appreared regularly on local
broadcasts from WGBH-TV. On August 17, 1967, Leinsdorf conducted the Boston Symphony
Orchestra in a two-hour primetime special telecast in color on NBC, a reection of the days
when a commercial network would periodically broadcast a full-length classical concert.


Tracks:

1. Allegro Energico, Ma Non Troppo. 18:20
2. Andante Moderato 11:51
3. Scherzo (Wuchtig) 14:53
4. Finale (Allegro Moderato) 28:21

Personnel:

Erich Leinsdorf
The Boston Symphony Orchestra