Claus Peter Flor
Among the generation of conductors born after the end of WWII, Claus Peter Flor has enjoyed an especially varied career, conducting many of the world's foremost orchestras, leading important opera productions, serving several major orchestras in an ongoing capacity, and frequently recording. As principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, he was afforded both a steady relationship with a leading orchestra and the time to pursue the numerous other projects offered him. After violin studies in Weimar and Leipzig, Flor trained in conducting first with Rolf Reuter, then with Rafael Kubelik and Kurt Sanderling. Following a variety of guest assignments, Flor was appointed chief director of the Suhl Philharmonic and, not long thereafter, general music director of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. In 1988, he appeared for the first time with the Berlin Philharmonic, receiving a subsequent invitation to return. From 1991 to 1994, Flor was engaged as principal guest conductor of London's Philharmonia Orchestra while simultaneously holding the position of artistic advisor with the Tonhalle-Orchestre Zürich. The latter post continued until 1996. Following that, Flor was appointed principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony (1999-2008). His next position was as music director for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he began recording for the BIS label. In addition to his appointments, Flor has regularly appeared before such European orchestras as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Vienna Symphony while also conducting such American ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic (United States debut), the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Opera engagements have taken him to Berlin (both the Staatsoper and the Deutsche Oper), Brussels, Cologne, Dresden, Hamburg, Munich, and Paris. Dallas Opera chose him to conduct a 2003 production of La bohème. Between 2007 and 2013, Flor also had an ongoing commitment to conduct Mozart, Puccini, and Wagner with the Theatre du Capitole Toulouse. Most of Flor's recordings have been made for RCA/BMG Classics. Among the most noteworthy are his Martinu symphonies, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, and miscellaneous works by Weber, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Zemlinsky. A curiosity, Bruch's oratorio Moses was released by Orfeo to positive reviews.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie No. 1 & 9
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Kurt Sanderling, Claus Peter Flor
Symphonic Music - Released by Eterna on 10 Jan 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 - The Golden Spinning Wheel - Scherzo Capriccioso
Claus Peter Flor, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by BIS on 7 Aug 2012
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1+2
Classical - Released by RCA Records Label on 11 Aug 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto (Camille Saint-Saens - Francis Poulenc)
Joachim Dalitz, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Claus Peter Flor
Symphonic Music - Released by Eterna on 1 Jan 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Smetana: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)
Classical - Released by BIS on 4 Jan 2011
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 - Othello - The Wild Dove
Classical - Released by BIS on 3 Apr 2012
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Kalliwoda, J.W.: Oboe Concertino, Op. 110 / Molique, W.B.: Oboe Concertino in G Minor / Ponchielli, A.: Capriccio
Burkhard Glaetzner, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor
Concertos - Released by Capriccio on 1 Jan 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Weber, C.M.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Konzertstuck in F Minor (Carl Maria von Weber)
Symphonic Music - Released by Pan Classics on 17 Sep 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Classic Library Series
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 13 Jul 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hochzeitsmarsch (Wedding March)
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 8 Mar 2019
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pfitzner, H.: Christ-Elflein (Das) [Opera]
Full Operas - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" & Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Classical - Released by bmg music on 27 Mar 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Symphony No. 9 / Violin Concerto No. 1 (Erxleben, Berlin Symphony, Flor) (Dmitry Shostakovich)
Classical - Released by Berlin Classics on 1 Jan 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mendelssohn - Symphony
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 25 Apr 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruch: Moses, Op. 67
Claus Peter Flor, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Michael Volle, Chor Der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Robert Gambill
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 5 May 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kalman, E.: Zigeunerprimas (Der) [Operetta]
Symphonic Music - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mendelssohn / Walpurgisnacht
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on 25 Jul 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Suk, J.: Asrael
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Jul 2009
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
Classical - Released by BIS on 3 Jan 1
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48 & Symphonic Variations, FWV 46
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 1 Jan 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo