Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch was a German conductor and pianist, known for his refined interpretations of orchestral and opera repertoire. As a pianist, he was a revered accompanist and chamber musician, as well as an accomplished soloist. He was born in 1923 in Munich to Maria and Wilhelm Sawallisch, and had a brother named Werner who was older by five years. He started learning the piano at age five, and by the age of ten he had already decided that he wanted to be a concert pianist as an adult. Upon graduating high school in Munich in 1942, he studied piano with Wolfgang Ruoff until he was drafted into the military, where he served in France and Italy with the Wehrmacht, a branch of the Nazi armed forces. During the final stages of World War II in 1945 he was captured and held in a British POW camp. After he was released, he returned to Munich and began studying with composer Joseph Haas. In 1946 Sawallisch graduated from the Staatliche Musikhochschule in Munich, testing out after only a single semester. The following year he began his first professional appointment as répétiteur, and eventually chorus master at the Augsburg Opera Theater. He was also studying conducting with Hans Rosbaud and Igor Markevitch at the time, and performing as an accompanist with violinist Gerhard Seitz, with whom he won the Geneva International Competition in 1949. It was also around this time when he married his wife Mechthild Schmid, who was a singer. They had known each other since childhood, when Sawallisch performed as her accompanist. Sawallisch's reputation as a conductor was growing, and with that came guest conducting assignments from German orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1953. Over the next ten years, he held Music Director positions in Aachen, and then Wiesbaden, and finally in Cologne where he also taught at the Conservatory. In 1957 he became the youngest conductor to conduct at the Bayreuth Festival, opening with Tristan und Isolde. That same year he also had two debut performances in London that included a recital where he accompanied Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and he conducted the Philharmonia. Throughout the 1960s he simultaneously held principal conductor appointments at both the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Hamburg State Philharmonic. Additionally, he first appeared as guest conductor in Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1964, where he would annually return to conduct for over 30 years. Again in the 1970s Sawallisch maintains simultaneous directorship positions, with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the Bavarian State Opera. Throughout his tenure in Munich, he conducted a staggering 1200 opera performances, and also the complete Wagner Ring des Nibelungen cycle 32 times. His appearance in 1984 as guest conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra would prove to be important, as he eventually returned in 1993 to take over the position as Music Director, succeeding Riccardo Muti. In his first year, they toured Japan, China, and made an appearance in Vietnam. He held this position until 2003, and eventually retired from conducting due to a health condition. However, he continued his affiliation with the Philadelphia Orchestra as Conductor Laureate until his death in 2013.
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Schumann : The Four Symphonies
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, WAB 105
Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Wolfgang Sawallisch
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 1991
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Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Integrales de ópera - Editado por Orfeo el 18 may. 2018
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Mozart : Così fan tutte, K. 588 (Live)
Ópera - Editado por Orfeo el 16 feb. 2018
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB 106
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 2016
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A 25 (Live)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Chor des städtischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf
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Hindemith: A Requiem "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Symphoniker, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 2016
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109
Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Wolfgang Sawallisch
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 1987
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La Flûte Enchantée Sawallish, Moser, Moll
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1973
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Schubert: Lieder
Margaret Price, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Hans Schoneberger
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 2016
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Symphonic Variations & Symphony No. 7
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philadelphia Orchestra, Natalia Gutman
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 22, Rondo, K. 382 - Franz Schubert: Impromptu, D. 935 No. 4
Annie Fischer, The Philharmonia, Sir Adrian Boult, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukács Ervin
Clásica - Editado por Praga Digitals el 1 sept. 2016
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Wolfgang Sawallisch Conducts Strauss
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 11 ago. 2023
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (1877 Linz Version, ed. R. Haas)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Wolfgang Sawallisch
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 11 abr. 1986
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Clásica - Editado por Sony Classical el 7 sept. 2018
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23 - Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Annie Fischer, The Philharmonia, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Adrian Boult, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferenc Fricsay
Clásica - Editado por Praga Digitals el 1 mar. 2016
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Schubert: Deustche Messe
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Lucia Popp, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 jul. 1986
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bernd Weikl, Cheryl Studer, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1994
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Chorus & Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1973
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Brahms & Mozart: Violin Concertos
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Berliner Philharmoniker
Clásica - Editado por EMI el 1 ene. 1995
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Strauss: Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 oct. 1999
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