Hans Rosbaud
Hans Rosbaud was one of the best known conductors in Europe, particularly for his pioneering performances of twentieth century music.
He studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, where his piano instructor was Alfred Hoehn and his composition instructor Bernhard Sekles. He chose an academic career, becoming director of the State Music School (Städtische Musikschule) in Mainz. There he also frequently conducted the Municipal Orchestra. During his first year there he conducted music by Paul Hindemith, then one of the most rapidly rising young stars in the German music, and a teacher of his for three years, and scheduled other new music.
In 1928 he took the position of Musical Director of Frankfurt Radio, a position he held until 1938; simultaneously he was First Kapellmeister of Frankfurt's Museumgesellschaft concerts. In both positions he made Frankfurt one of the most exciting venues for new music. He frequently scheduled music of Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Bartók, Stravinsky, and others. He presented the premiere performances of Schoenberg's Four Songs with Orchestra, Op. 22 (1932),and Bartók's Second Piano Concerto with the composer as soloist (1932). Nazi rule forced him to curtail performances of Jewish composers and those labeled as "cultural Bolsheviks" after 1933. He also shifted to less prominent positions as Generalmusikdirektor in Münster (1937-1941) and in Strasbourg (1941-1944). After the war, he again returned to conducting in a major city, as Principal Conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (1945 - 1948).
But his preference was for radio, where he could schedule more innovative concerts and reach a wide audience with modern music. Therefore in 1948 he accepted the position as Chief Conductor of the South-West German Radio Orchestra in Baden-Baden. German radio was based on strong regional companies whose programs were also carried elsewhere in the country. Baden-Baden, with a history as one of the most liberal corners of German and a strong interest in arts, was ideal for Rosbaud's purposes. Furthermore, the identification by the Nazis of their opposition to certain kinds of music gave that music a strong prestige and support among, particularly among the younger audience. These factors, and a sense of a need to learn about music currents that had passed Germany by when Hitler and Goebbels transformed the country into a cultural backwater, combined to create a strong audience for Rosbaud's programming.
He made the provincial orchestra into a strong and precise ensemble, with a lean, anti-Romantic sound. Success on radio led immediately to demand for phonograph recordings. He participated in the first Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1948 and remained associated with it, often appeared in the Donaueschingen Festival, Europe's primary avant-garde music festival (where he supported the music of Boulez, Stockhausen, and their circle), and performed regularly at the annual festivals of the International Society for Contemporary Music. He gave the first performances (concert and staged) of Schoenberg's Moses und Aron. In 1957 he added the position of Music Director of the Zurich Tönhalle Orchestra.
His performances were highly objective, clear, and intellectual, frequently seeming now to lack warmth.
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482 - Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Annie Fischer, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Hans Müller-Kray, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by SWR Classic on 9 sep. 2016
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Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by SWR Classic on 12 mei 2017
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (French Version, Mono Version)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Hans Rosbaud, Léopold Simoneau, Suzanne Danco
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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Arnold Schönberg: Fünf Orchesterstücke Op. 16 / Ode an Napoleon Buonaparte Op. 41 / Pierrot lunaire Op. 21
Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by wergo on 1 sep. 1993
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Tribute to Hans Rosbaud, Pianist and Conductor [Berg, Webern, Sibelius, Bartók]
Hans Rosbaud, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Berliner Philharmoniker
Symfonieën - Released by Praga Digitals on 1 sep. 2016
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Rameau: Platée (Remastered, Mono Version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Hans Rosbaud, Nicolai Gedda, Michel Sénéchal
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Valse Triste, Finlandia .. by Hans Rosbaud
Hans Rosbaud, Berliner Philharmoniker
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Rosbaud, Otto Klemperer
Klassiek - Released by Vox Legends on 1 jan. 1995
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Henryk Szeryng plays Nardini, Vieuxtemps, Ravel & Schumann
Henryk Szeryng, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Hans Rosbaud
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CHOPIN, F. / RACHMANINOV, S. / SCHUMANN, R. / BRAHMS, J.: Piano Concertos (Anda, South West German Radio Symphony, Bour, Rosbaud) (1952-1963)
Geza Anda, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Ernest Bour, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by SWR Classic on 10 mrt. 2009
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Rameau: Platée (Collection trésors, mono version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Hans Rosbaud, Nicolai Gedda, Michel Sénéchal
Klassiek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Franz Schubert: Sinfonie No. 8 in C-Dur, D. 944
Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by wergo on 1 okt. 1996
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
Nikita Magaloff, SWR Symphonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on 19 apr. 2019
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Weber & Mendelssohn: Orchestral Works
Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Robert Casadesus, Yvonne Loriod, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by SWR Classic on 4 aug. 2017
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Stravinsky: Agon (Mono Version)
Südwestrundfunk Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Hans Rosbaud
Symfonische muziek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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The Complete Electrola & Deutsche Grammophon Recordings
Erik Then-Bergh, Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by APR on 27 jan. 2017
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20th Century Classics - The Premiere Performances
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra and Hans Rosbaud, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by Cascade on 21 jul. 2009
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Mahler & Wagner: Orchestral Works
Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Hans Rosbaud, Eva Maria Rogner
Klassiek - Released by Archipel on 24 sep. 2021
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Mozart: Concertos pour piano Nos. 20 & 23 (Mono Version)
Hans Rosbaud, Walter Gieseking, Philharmonia Orchestra
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1963
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Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes / Suiten Nr. 1 und 2 / Petruschka
Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Hans Rosbaud
Klassiek - Released by wergo on 1 sep. 1993
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Plays Mozart and Ravel (1952, 1963)
Geza Anda, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Hans Rosbaud, Ernest Bour
Klassiek - Released by SWR Classic on 7 aug. 2012
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