Eduard van Beinum
Born in Arnhem in 1900, Eduard van Beinum mastered several instruments by the age of 14, with a particular emphasis on the piano. By the time he was 16 he was playing viola in an Arnhem-based orchestra led by his father. After entering the Amsterdam Conservatoire, Beinum began to conduct local choruses and provincial orchestras throughout the Netherlands. Beinum's talents as a pianist brought him to the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 1927, and he made his debut as a guest conductor there in 1929. In 1931 he was named to the post of assistant to chief conductor Willem Mengelberg. In 1938 Eduard van Beinum was promoted to joint leadership of the Concertgebouw alongside Mengelberg, but did not take full control of the orchestra until 1945 when Mengelberg was suspended from his post and exiled after being declared a Nazi collaborator.
Musicians responded strongly to Beinum's leadership -- he represented the antithesis of Mengelberg's autocratic manner. Beinum preferred to work with an orchestra in a collaborative sense, and his evenhanded approach was what the Concertgebouw needed in the postwar period when tensions were running high. In 1949 Beinum was named principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, premiering several works of Benjamin Britten and encouraging the efforts of aspiring composer Malcolm Arnold. Beinum took the Concertgebouw on a successful tour of the United States in 1956, dividing the conducting duties with Rafael Kubelik. Beinum also accepted the job of musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic beginning in 1956. It was during a rehearsal with the Concertgebouw in April 1959 that Beinum suffered a fatal heart attack at age 58.
Beinum is first heard in radio air checks from 1939, and his full-fledged recording career did not get underway until Telefunken recorded him with the Concertgebouw in November 1941. Beinum made up for lost time quickly at war's end, recording frequently and well for the English Decca and Philips labels, primarily with the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the London Philharmonic. His recorded output is well invested in Romantic literature, and his interpretations of Beethoven's Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 are justly famous. But Beinum was also greatly interested in the contemporary music of his time, making many first recordings of works by Pijper, Diepenbrock, Badings, and Hendrik Andriessen, in addition to those of Bartók, Britten, and Stravinsky.
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Conducts Bach Volume 1
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Conducts Berlioz & Ravel
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Conducts Mendelssohn Bartholdy & Mozart
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Pijper, W.: Symphony No. 3 / Diepenbrock, A.: Marsyas or The Enchanted Well (Excerpts) (Beinum) (1953)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 1 Jan 2000
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; A Midsummer Night's Dream
Alfredo Campoli, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2020
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Britten: Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia; Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2022
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Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; The Wand of Youth Suites
Anthony Pini, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2011
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Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B Flat Major, K.319
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Sunday Club Records on 27 Jan 2014
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Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G Major 'The Military'
Eduard van Beinum, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Sunday Club Records on 2 Dec 2013
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Milestones of a Legend: Alfredo Campoli, Vol. 7
Alfredo Campoli, London Symphony Orchestra, Eric Gritton, Eduard van Beinum
Classical - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 1 Mar 2019
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Bach: Orchestral Suite No.4 in D Major, BWV 1069
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Handel: Water Music, Vol. 1
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released by Ancien Prodige on 18 Mar 2024
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Bach: Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Bach: Suite No.2 in B Minor BWV 1067
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Handel: Water Music, Vol. 2
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C Minor Op.68
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Bach: Orchestral Suite No.1 in C Major, BWV 1066
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released by Ancien Prodige on 15 Mar 2024
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Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Sunday Club Records on 2 Dec 2013
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