Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim is a conductor and pianist of top international stature, known for an extraordinarily large orchestral and operatic repertoire. He is the general music director and chief conductor for life of the Staatsoper Berlin in Germany. Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires on November 15, 1942, into a family of Ukrainian Jewish descent. His mother was his first piano teacher. He later studied with his father, Enrique Barenboim, who was an eminent music professor. After playing for the noted violinist Adolf Busch, who was impressed by his talent, Daniel made his debut recital at the age of seven. In 1951, he played at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and observed Igor Markevitch's conducting class. The family moved to Israel in 1952; two years later, Barenboim went back to Salzburg for a conducting course with Markevitch, piano studies with Edwin Fischer, and chamber music performance with Enrico Mainardi. He studied conducting with Carlo Zecchi at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, also attending Nadia Boulanger's music theory and composition class at Fontainebleau. His U.S. debut was at New York's Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1957, in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1, with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Symphony of the Air. Debuts with leading orchestras included the London Symphony Orchestra (New York, 1968), Berlin Philharmonic (1969), and New York Philharmonic (1970). In 1967, Barenboim married the brilliant cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, with whom he made several exceptional recital recordings. Unfortunately, this partnership ended when Du Pré contracted multiple sclerosis, which forced her to end her playing career in 1972. She died in 1987. Barenboim began a long association with the Deutsche Grammophon label in 1972, and the following year, issued a recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E flat major ("Romantic") with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has maintained long relationships with both that orchestra and with Bruckner's music. In 1982, Barenboim issued an album of music by Ravel with the Orchestre de Paris. He has guest conducted virtually all of the world's leading orchestras. In 1989, he was named Sir Georg Solti's successor as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Barenboim became music director of the Staatsoper Berlin in 1992, then was named chief conductor for life by its orchestra in 2002. In 1999, along with Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, Barenboim co-founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a summer youth orchestra designed to foster understanding and cooperation, and he established the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. Devoted to the training of young Arab and Israeli musicians, the school opened in 2016. A recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra appeared in 2013, and the group has spawned several young musicians with international careers, sometimes performing and recording with Barenboim. Barenboim has a rich recorded repertoire as a conductor, pianist, accompanist, and chamber music player. Interestingly, as a pianist he tends to focus on Mozart, Beethoven, and the early Romantics, while as a conductor he favors later Romantic music, particularly Brahms and Bruckner (he has won a medal from the Bruckner Society of America). Barenboim's recorded output continued to be abundant through his ninth decade, including not only standard repertory but such novelties as On My New Piano (2016), an album devoted to the capabilities of an instrument custom-made for Barenboim by builder Chris Maene and based on a piano owned by Liszt. As a conductor, he continued to undertake lengthy, difficult scores by the likes of Bruckner and Mahler. His 2017 recording of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with the Staatskapelle Berlin was critically acclaimed. He has often issued more than a dozen recordings in the course of a single year, and by 2022, his recorded output included well over 500 releases. Early that year, he already had three albums on the docket for release: an album of Mozart and Strauss oboe concertos with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and oboist Cristina Gómez Godoy, an album of piano encores, and the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert, which he has conducted multiple times. However, in early 2023, Barenboim stepped down from the Staatsoper, as his health prevented him from carrying out his duties to their fullest.© Joseph Stevenson & James Manheim /TiVo Read more
Daniel Barenboim is a conductor and pianist of top international stature, known for an extraordinarily large orchestral and operatic repertoire. He is the general music director and chief conductor for life of the Staatsoper Berlin in Germany.
Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires on November 15, 1942, into a family of Ukrainian Jewish descent. His mother was his first piano teacher. He later studied with his father, Enrique Barenboim, who was an eminent music professor. After playing for the noted violinist Adolf Busch, who was impressed by his talent, Daniel made his debut recital at the age of seven. In 1951, he played at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and observed Igor Markevitch's conducting class. The family moved to Israel in 1952; two years later, Barenboim went back to Salzburg for a conducting course with Markevitch, piano studies with Edwin Fischer, and chamber music performance with Enrico Mainardi. He studied conducting with Carlo Zecchi at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, also attending Nadia Boulanger's music theory and composition class at Fontainebleau. His U.S. debut was at New York's Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1957, in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1, with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Symphony of the Air.
Debuts with leading orchestras included the London Symphony Orchestra (New York, 1968), Berlin Philharmonic (1969), and New York Philharmonic (1970). In 1967, Barenboim married the brilliant cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, with whom he made several exceptional recital recordings. Unfortunately, this partnership ended when Du Pré contracted multiple sclerosis, which forced her to end her playing career in 1972. She died in 1987. Barenboim began a long association with the Deutsche Grammophon label in 1972, and the following year, issued a recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E flat major ("Romantic") with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has maintained long relationships with both that orchestra and with Bruckner's music. In 1982, Barenboim issued an album of music by Ravel with the Orchestre de Paris. He has guest conducted virtually all of the world's leading orchestras.
In 1989, he was named Sir Georg Solti's successor as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Barenboim became music director of the Staatsoper Berlin in 1992, then was named chief conductor for life by its orchestra in 2002. In 1999, along with Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, Barenboim co-founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a summer youth orchestra designed to foster understanding and cooperation, and he established the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. Devoted to the training of young Arab and Israeli musicians, the school opened in 2016. A recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra appeared in 2013, and the group has spawned several young musicians with international careers, sometimes performing and recording with Barenboim.
Barenboim has a rich recorded repertoire as a conductor, pianist, accompanist, and chamber music player. Interestingly, as a pianist he tends to focus on Mozart, Beethoven, and the early Romantics, while as a conductor he favors later Romantic music, particularly Brahms and Bruckner (he has won a medal from the Bruckner Society of America). Barenboim's recorded output continued to be abundant through his ninth decade, including not only standard repertory but such novelties as On My New Piano (2016), an album devoted to the capabilities of an instrument custom-made for Barenboim by builder Chris Maene and based on a piano owned by Liszt. As a conductor, he continued to undertake lengthy, difficult scores by the likes of Bruckner and Mahler. His 2017 recording of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with the Staatskapelle Berlin was critically acclaimed. He has often issued more than a dozen recordings in the course of a single year, and by 2022, his recorded output included well over 500 releases. Early that year, he already had three albums on the docket for release: an album of Mozart and Strauss oboe concertos with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and oboist Cristina Gómez Godoy, an album of piano encores, and the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert, which he has conducted multiple times. However, in early 2023, Barenboim stepped down from the Staatsoper, as his health prevented him from carrying out his duties to their fullest.
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Camille Saint-Saens : Symphony No.3 "Organ" - Bacchanale from "Samson et Dalila" - Prélude from "Le Déluge" - Danse macabre
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1987
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Neujahrskonzert 2022 / New Year's Concert 2022 / Concert du Nouvel An 2022
Daniel Barenboim, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Wiener Philharmoniker
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Jan 7, 2022
Just like New Year's Eve fireworks, the Vienna Philharmonic's annual concert is an integral part of the New Year's tradition. While 2021 has seen too ...
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Schumann: The Symphonies
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Nov 4, 2022
Daniel Barenboim's 80th birthday in 2022 was attended by various reissues of his work, great and small, but listeners have shown a commendable ability ...
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Encores
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Mar 25, 2022
Both as conductor and as pianist, Daniel Barenboim seems to be in fine form as he enters his ninth decade; the present release is part of a series of ...
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Anton Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies (Live)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Symphonies - Released by Universal Music Group International on Jan 1, 2016
4F de Télérama5 de DiapasonDaniel Barenboim has long held a deep affinity for the epic symphonies of Anton Bruckner, and by recording them with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chic ...
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 27-32
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct 30, 2020
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Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1974
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Brahms: The Piano Concertos (Live)
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Aug 7, 2015
The old model for creating a hit classical recording -- big-name soloist plus big-name conductor in major repertory work -- is not so common anymore, ...
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-6
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct 30, 2020
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13-19
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct 30, 2020
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 20-26
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct 30, 2020
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7-12
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct 30, 2020
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Brahms: Piano Concertos & Academic Festival Overture
Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 4, 2022
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Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La mer
Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani, Staatskapelle Berlin
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Apr 20, 2021
Daniel Barenboim has sometimes performed the music of Debussy, especially during the later part of his career, but Debussy interpretations are not som ...
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Beethoven Trios
Daniel Barenboim, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Nov 27, 2020
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Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos
Concertos - Released by Warner Classics on Aug 2, 2013
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Complete Mozart Trios
Daniel Barenboim, Kian Soltani, Michael Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Sep 13, 2019
Daniel Barenboim is no stranger to complete collections. Glutton that he is, he records them several times over, whether it's Beethoven's Sonatas, or ...
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On My New Piano
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Nov 4, 2016
Daniel Barenboim's new piano is not just any new piano, but one he worked to build from scratch, with Belgian piano maker Chris Maene, inspired by a p ...
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J.S. Bach : Goldberg Variations
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Jan 1, 1991
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Liszt: Dreams of Love; Consolations; Sonnets of Petrarca; Rigoletto Paraphrase
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1992
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 27
Daniel Barenboim, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 4, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo