Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Biography
Considered one of the greatest conductors of the post-war era, Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013) was also a brilliant pianist who began his apprenticeship at the age of five, before going on to study at the Munich Conservatory. First prize in duet at the Geneva International Competition in 1949, he moved on to conducting at the Augsburg Opera and then the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, where he was appointed in 1960. In his heyday, Wolfgang Sawallisch successively led the Munich State Opera Orchestra (1971-1992) and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (1972-1980), the Bavarian State Opera (1983), with whom he recorded his second Wagner Tetralogy (1989), and the Philharmonia Orchestra, his last mandate from 1993 to 2003. Renowned for his many recordings and concerts of works by German composers, in particular Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner, Sawallisch remained discreet, evolving in the shadow of star conductor Herbert von Karajan. He died on February 22, 2013 at the age of 89, at the end of a busy career.
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Albums
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Academic Festival Overture & Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
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Wolfgang Sawallisch
DvoÅák: Scherzo capriccioso, Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 "From the New World"
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Top Tracks
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- Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68: I. Un poco sostenuto by London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Tragic Overture, Op. 81
- Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a \"St. Antoni Chorale\": Theme
- Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68: IV. Adagio - Allegro non troppo ma con brio by London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Capriccio, Op. 85~Addio mia vita, addio by Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Capriccio, Op. 85~Ein possierlicher Einfall! by Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Die Kluge: Zwischenspiel
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 2 - "Halte, Schändlicher, halte!" featuring Fritz Wunderlich
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 2 - "Also du bist der Schuft" featuring Fritz Wunderlich
- String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile (Orch. Stokowski)
- Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63, Act 1 Scene 3: "Südwind! Südwind!" (Der Steuermann, Die Matrosen, Daland, Der Holländer) [1959 Re featuring George London
- Capriccio, Op. 85, TrV 279, Scène 1: "Bezaubernd ist sie heute wieder!" (Flamand, Olivier) featuring Nicolai Gedda
- Die Kluge: "Komm da heraus, der König läÃt dich frei" (Kerkermeister, Eselmann)
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 2 - "Folget der HeiÃgeliebten" by Fritz Wunderlich
- Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 2 - No. 24: "Wehe ihm, er muà sterben" featuring Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 2 - No. 23: "Der Herr hat dich erhoben" featuring Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 2 - "Mich verriet der Undankbare"
- Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 2 - No. 26: "Es ist genug!" - No. 27: "Siehe, er schläft" featuring Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 2 - No. 25: "Du Mann Gottes" featuring Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 1 - No. 20: "Dank sei dir Gott" featuring Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op.61 by Staatskapelle Dresden
- Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 1 - No. 19: "Hilf deinem Volk" featuring Renate Krahmer
- Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 2 - No. 22: "Fürchte dich nicht" featuring Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouverture (Allegro con brio) [1959 Recording]
