Kurt Sanderling
In January 2002, it was announced that conductor Kurt Sanderling had decided to do something few conductors ever chose to do: he was going to retire. In the year he would turn 90, Sanderling was still a vital and probing maestro, but his decision would afford him time to explore his other protean interests. He had accomplished much, participating in the musical life of both East and West during the period of the Cold War, collaborating with many excellent orchestras that had relished his comprehensive knowledge and far-reaching musicianship and he enjoyed the respect of famous soloists. Born in a part of East Prussia that later became Polish territory, Sanderling studied in Königsberg and Berlin before being appointed an assistant conductor at Berlin's Städtische Oper in 1931; he worked there for two years before leaving to join the Berlin Jewish Cultural Federation. The rise of National Socialism forced Sanderling to flee eastward in 1936. Settling in Moscow, he became conductor of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, assistant to Georges Sebastian. From 1939 to 1942, Sanderling was conductor of the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra. A successful guest appearance in Leningrad led to his appointment as permanent conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic, sharing leadership of the orchestra with Yevgeny Mravinsky. Following the end of WWII, Sanderling also taught at the Leningrad Conservatory. In 1960, Sanderling returned to Berlin to become chief conductor of the East Berlin Symphony Orchestra, a post he kept until 1977. For three years, beginning in 1964, he also served as conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle. Even before the end of his tenure with the E.B.S.O., Sanderling had begun to make guest appearances abroad, winning new admirers among orchestra members, audiences, and critics. He became active at several music festivals, among them Salzburg, Vienna, Edinburgh, and Prague. Mutual admiration grew from his first appearances with Britain's Philharmonia: he was made an honorary member in 1996 and later became the orchestra's conductor emeritus. Beginning in 1979, he forged a relationship with Tokyo's Nippon Symphony Orchestra. During his Russian years, Sanderling came to know Dmitry Shostakovich well. His interpretation of the Symphony No. 15 ("a horrific work about loneliness and death," in Sanderling's words) is exemplary. The conductor's Brahms' symphonies are likewise among the finest ever recorded.
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Master of Music, Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 16
Jacob Zak, Kurt Sanderling, Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Oscardigital on Jul 20, 1998
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Kurt Sanderling - The Soviet Recordings: David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter - Bach
David Oïstrakh, Sviatoslav Richter
Classical - Released by Music Online on May 5, 2011
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Kurt Sanderling - The Soviet Recordings: Brahms & Schumann
Classical - Released by Music Online on Sep 27, 2007
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Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie No. 15
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Kurt Sanderling
Symphonic Music - Released by Eterna on Jan 22, 1979
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Mitsuko Uchida, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Feb 2, 1996
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Schumann: Piano Concerto; Fantasy Op.17
Alfred Brendel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1998
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Jul 1, 1994
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5/C minor Variations
Mitsuko Uchida, Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1999
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4 Symphonien
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Annette Markert, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Apr 16, 1995
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7, WAB 107
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2007
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J.S. Bach: Piano Works
Sviatoslav Richter, Galina Barinova, USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Russian Compact Disc on Nov 5, 2021
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Rachmaninow: Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini / Klavierkonzert No. 4
Peter Rösel, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Eterna on Apr 10, 1982
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos.4, 5 & 6 "Pathétique"
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling, Evgueni Mravinski
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1956
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Beethoven: Klavierkonzert No. 5
Dieter Zechlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Eterna on Jan 1, 1964
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SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6 (Berlin Symphony, K. Sanderling)
Classical - Released by Berlin Classics on Jan 1, 1994
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1956
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Beethoven: Symphony No.2; Piano Concerto No.3
Sviatoslav Richter, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2004
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Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Yakov Zak, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Concertos - Released by Praga Digitals on Nov 1, 2010
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Dieter Zechlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Sanderling
Concertos - Released by Eterna on Jan 1, 1995
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Sviatoslav Richter Plays Piano Works by Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 / Cello Sonatas: No. 1, Op. 5 & No. 2, Op. 5
Sviatoslav Richter, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the USSR, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kurt Sanderling
Classical - Released by Russian Compact Disc on Sep 17, 2021
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Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie No. 8
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Kurt Sanderling
Symphonic Music - Released by Eterna on Jan 1, 1977
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