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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Liadov: Baba Yaga / Enchanted Lake / Kikimora
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 11.12.2001
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LACHNER: Suites No. 1, Op. 113 and No. 7, Op. 190
Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 08.06.1990
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VIVALDI, A.: 4 Seasons (The) / Concerto alla Rustica (Nishizaki, Gunzenhauser)
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 05.02.1988
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 / Marche slave (Slavonic March)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 16.01.2017
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Famous Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Enrique Batiz, Ondrej Lenárd
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 20.10.1995
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 5
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 29.12.1990
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Unclassified am 03.03.2017
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Russian Fireworks
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hayman, Kenneth Jean, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Michael Halasz
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 15.03.1990
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Dvorak: Symphonic Poems
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.01.1993
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Grieg: Peer Gynt - Sigurd Jorsalfar (Henrik Ibsen - Edvard Grieg)
CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 25.11.1988
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Rustic Wedding Symphony / In the Spring
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Naxos am 23.02.1995
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SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 / Le Rouet d'Omphale
Imrich Szabo, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Symphonische Dichtung - Erschienen bei Naxos am 06.10.1988
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Dvorak: Overtures
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 29.03.1993
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PAGANINI: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Ilya Kaler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 27.07.1993
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Copland: Appalachian Spring / Rodeo / Billy the Kid
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 27.10.2016
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Glière: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Keith Clark, Donald Johanos
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos Special Projects am 01.01.2015
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Chen Gang: Violin Concerto "Wang Zhaojun"
Takako Nishizaki, Fung Lam, Capella Istropolitana, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Wing-Sie Yip
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 01.01.1987
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 / BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Kenneth Jean
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 10.07.1995
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 / Sinfonia Concertante
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Ladislav Kyselak, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Violinkonzerte - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.04.1990
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Liadov: Baba Yaga / Enchanted Lake / Kikimora
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassik - Erschienen bei Marco-Polo am 11.12.2001
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PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Andrew Mogrelia
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 08.02.1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo