Eduard van Beinum
Born in Arnhem in 1900, Eduard van Beinum mastered several instruments by the age of 14, with a particular emphasis on the piano. By the time he was 16 he was playing viola in an Arnhem-based orchestra led by his father. After entering the Amsterdam Conservatoire, Beinum began to conduct local choruses and provincial orchestras throughout the Netherlands. Beinum's talents as a pianist brought him to the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 1927, and he made his debut as a guest conductor there in 1929. In 1931 he was named to the post of assistant to chief conductor Willem Mengelberg. In 1938 Eduard van Beinum was promoted to joint leadership of the Concertgebouw alongside Mengelberg, but did not take full control of the orchestra until 1945 when Mengelberg was suspended from his post and exiled after being declared a Nazi collaborator.
Musicians responded strongly to Beinum's leadership -- he represented the antithesis of Mengelberg's autocratic manner. Beinum preferred to work with an orchestra in a collaborative sense, and his evenhanded approach was what the Concertgebouw needed in the postwar period when tensions were running high. In 1949 Beinum was named principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, premiering several works of Benjamin Britten and encouraging the efforts of aspiring composer Malcolm Arnold. Beinum took the Concertgebouw on a successful tour of the United States in 1956, dividing the conducting duties with Rafael Kubelik. Beinum also accepted the job of musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic beginning in 1956. It was during a rehearsal with the Concertgebouw in April 1959 that Beinum suffered a fatal heart attack at age 58.
Beinum is first heard in radio air checks from 1939, and his full-fledged recording career did not get underway until Telefunken recorded him with the Concertgebouw in November 1941. Beinum made up for lost time quickly at war's end, recording frequently and well for the English Decca and Philips labels, primarily with the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the London Philharmonic. His recorded output is well invested in Romantic literature, and his interpretations of Beethoven's Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 are justly famous. But Beinum was also greatly interested in the contemporary music of his time, making many first recordings of works by Pijper, Diepenbrock, Badings, and Hendrik Andriessen, in addition to those of Bartók, Britten, and Stravinsky.
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Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain Et La Damnation De Faust
Eduard van Beinum, Concertgebouworkest
Classical - Released by Vinyle Numérique on 10 Jan 2023
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Van Beinum Conducts Mahler
Eduard van Beinum, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released by Editions Audiovisuel Beulah on 2 Feb 2009
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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus
Eduard van Beinum, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Vinyle Numérique on 10 Jan 2023
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Mozart: Symphony No.35 "Haffner"
Eduard van Beinum, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Vinyle Numérique on 19 Jan 2023
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Bruckner · Symphony No.7
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released by G.O.P. on 31 Dec 2023
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Van Beinum Conducts Berlioz
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released by Beulah on 15 Oct 2007
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The Collection of Beethoven's Piano Concertos
Robert Casadesus, Clifford Curzon, Eduard van Beinum, Hans Knappertsbusch, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Infinity on 19 Dec 2022
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Eduard van beinum - johannes brahms: symphony no. 1 in C op. 68
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released by Digital World Contents S.A.S. on 16 Jun 1947
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Van Beinum Conducts Brahms
Classical - Released by Editions Audiovisuel Beulah on 17 Feb 2017
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A Midsummer Night's Dream and Rosamunde
Eduard van Beinum, Concertgebouworkest
Classical - Released by Vinyle Numérique on 13 Jan 2023
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The Art of Eduard van Beinum II
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Editions Audiovisuel Beulah on 20 Apr 2009
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Schubert: Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"
Eduard van Beinum, Concertgebouworkest
Classical - Released by Vinyle Numérique on 19 Jan 2023
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Händel: Water Music (Complete)
Eduard van Beinum, Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Released by >ReNovo< on 6 Dec 2016
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor & Symphony No. 4 in A Major 'Italian'
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Classical - Released by OBX Records on 9 Mar 2015
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Beethoven: Les Créatures de Prométhée, Op. 43 (Mono Version)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1953
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Bizet: Suites extraites de Carmen & L'Arlésienne, extraits (Mono Version)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Collins, Eduard van Beinum
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 4 (Mono Version)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum, Alfredo Campoli
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
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Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9 & Tapiola, Op. 112 (Mono version)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1954
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Handel: Feux d'artifice, extraits de la suite - Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary - Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, extraits (Mono Version)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1953
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Debussy: Images pour orchestre (Mono Version)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1956
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Franck: Psyché, extraits (Mono Version)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1954
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