Stephen Gunzenhauser
Billing himself as "the fifth most recorded American conductor" thanks to his many CDs of works both popular and obscure for the budget Naxos label, Stephen Gunzenhauser has maintained a fairly low "live" profile in the United States, having devoted more than two decades to long-term relationships with small East Coast orchestras.
A graduate of New York City's High School of Music and Art, Gunzenhauser received a bachelor of music degree from Oberlin College, a master of music degree from the New England Conservatory, and a diploma from the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria following three Fulbright scholarship grants. He was also awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters by Widener University.
Gunzenhauser assisted Igor Markevitch in Monte Carlo and Leopold Stokowski in New York before becoming executive and artistic director of the Wilmington (Delaware) Music School in 1974. Five years later, he was appointed conductor and music director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and of the Lancaster Symphony in Pennsylvania. Gunzenhauser left the Delaware Symphony at the end of the 2001-2002 season but retained his Lancaster position even after he was named artistic advisor and principal conductor of the Bogota (Colombia) Philharmonic in 2004.
The State of Delaware appointed Gunzenhauser to be its first cultural ambassador in 1990. In December 1999, Gunzenhauser received the Order of the First State, the highest accolade awarded by the Delaware state government. He continues to live in Wilmington. Naxos and Marco Polo have sold more than two million copies of his recordings in repertory including Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Brahms, Bruch, Orff, many Romantic Russians, Copland, Dvorák, and Chinese composer Chen Gang.
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MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 / Violin Concerto No. 5
Takako Nishizaki, Peter Lang, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Christoph Eberle
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 19 de dez. de 2016
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GLIERE: Symphony No. 1 / The Sirens
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 31 de dez. de 1984
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SCHUMANN, R.: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Introduction and Allegro appassionato
Sequeira Costa, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 11 de jan. de 2017
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BEETHOVEN: Overtures, Vol. 1
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 5 de fev. de 1988
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RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 / The Rock, Op. 7
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 9 de jan. de 2017
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Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 26 de out. de 2016
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / Symphonic Variations
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de abr. de 1990
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Ouvertüren
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Béla Drahos
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 1995
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 2 / Legends Op. 59, Nos. 6-10
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 12 de abr. de 1990
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / BORODIN: Symphony No. 2
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 17 de nov. de 1995
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Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 1989
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Rubinstein: Symphony No. 2, 'Ocean'
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 31 de dez. de 1987
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PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, 'Classical' / Symphony No. 5
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 15 de jun. de 1989
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Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / 3 Orchestral Pieces From Sigurd Jorsalfar
CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Amadis em 19 de nov. de 2016
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Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 1989
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 1 / Legends Op. 59, Nos. 1-5
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 12 de abr. de 1990
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Concertos pour piano
Derek Han, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Brilliant Classics em 1 de jan. de 1995
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DVORAK: Rhapsody Op. 14 / Overtures
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Libor Pešek
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1987
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Violin Concertos N.4&5
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Johannes Wildner
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 2007
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Symphony No. 9
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 2007
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS: Favourite Overtures
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Ali Rahbari
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 26 de fev. de 1996
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