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
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 11 dec. 2001
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LACHNER: Suites No. 1, Op. 113 and No. 7, Op. 190
Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 8 jun. 1990
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VIVALDI, A.: 4 Seasons (The) / Concerto alla Rustica (Nishizaki, Gunzenhauser)
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Concertmuziek - Released by Naxos on 5 feb. 1988
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 / Marche slave (Slavonic March)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 16 jan. 2017
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Famous Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Enrique Batiz, Ondrej Lenárd
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 20 okt. 1995
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 5
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 29 dec. 1990
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Unclassified on 3 mrt. 2017
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Russian Fireworks
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hayman, Kenneth Jean, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Michael Halasz
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 15 mrt. 1990
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Dvorak: Symphonic Poems
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 jan. 1993
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Grieg: Peer Gynt - Sigurd Jorsalfar (Henrik Ibsen - Edvard Grieg)
CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 25 nov. 1988
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Rustic Wedding Symphony / In the Spring
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Symfonische muziek - Released by Naxos on 23 feb. 1995
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SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 / Le Rouet d'Omphale
Imrich Szabo, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Symfonische gedichten - Released by Naxos on 6 okt. 1988
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Dvorak: Overtures
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 29 mrt. 1993
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PAGANINI: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Ilya Kaler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 27 jul. 1993
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Copland: Appalachian Spring / Rodeo / Billy the Kid
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Kamermuziek - Released by Naxos on 27 okt. 2016
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Glière: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Keith Clark, Donald Johanos
Klassiek - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 1 jan. 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
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 1 jan. 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
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 10 jul. 1995
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 / Sinfonia Concertante
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Ladislav Kyselak, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Concerten voor viool - Released by Naxos on 1 apr. 1990
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Liadov: Baba Yaga / Enchanted Lake / Kikimora
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 11 dec. 2001
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PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Andrew Mogrelia
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 8 feb. 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo