Erich Leinsdorf
Austrian-born American conductor.
Music director and principal conductor of:
• The Cleveland Orchestra (1943–1946, succeeding Artur Rodzinski)
• Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (1947–1955)
• New York City Opera Orchestra (1955–1957)
• The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra (1957–1962)
• Boston Symphony Orchestra (1962–1969)
Born: February 4, 1912 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria).
Died: September 11, 1993 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Naturalized American citizen in 1942.
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Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Mahler*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2023
Urania Records (4)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Symphony No. 3 / Götterdämmerung
Mahler* / Wagner*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2023
Urania Records (4)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Messe N° 6 - Octuor - Le Chant Du Cygne
Schubert*, Erich Leinsdorf, Wiener Oktett, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
2021
Les Indispensables de Diapason
2xCD, Comp
Concerto For Orchestra / Hary Janos Suite
Leinsdorf*, Bartok*, Kodaly*, Boston Symphony Orchestra
2019
High Definition Tape Transfers
CDr, Comp, RM
Erich Leinsdorf, Vol. 6: Mass In B-flat Major
Joseph Haydn - Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Beverly Sills, Beverly Wolff, Placido Domingo, Ara Berberian, The Rutgers University Choir
2017
St-Laurent Studio
CDr
Les Grands Opéras : Manon Lescaut - La Bohème - Tosca - Madame Butterfly - La Fanciulla Del West - Il Tabarro - Suor Angelica - Gianni Schicchi - Turandot
Puccini*, Tullio Serafin, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Mario Cordone, Lamberto Gardelli, Gabriele Santini (2), Erich Leinsdorf
2017
Diapason
14xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Box
Le Sacre Du Printemps / Petrushka
Stravinsky* - Erich Leinsdorf
2016
Decca
CD, Album, Comp, RE
The Complete Sony Recordings
Lazar Berman : Rachmaninoff* • Brahms* • Schubert* • Liszt*, Claudio Abbado • Erich Leinsdorf
2016
Sony Classical
Box + 6xCD, Comp
Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss, Lisa Della Casa, Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Söderström, The Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf
2015
Immortal Performances (3)
CD
Piano Concerto No.2 / Violin Sonata No.1
Brahms*, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2014
Alto
CD, Comp, RM
Richter In America
Beethoven*, Brahms*, Richter*, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2014
Urania Records (4)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Götterdämmerung
Richard Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf, Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hopf, Gottlob Frick, Norman Mittelmann, Gladys Kuchta, Irene Dalis
2013
Walhall
4xCD, Album, RM
Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165; Concert And Opera Arias
Mozart* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Beverly Sills
2012
BSO Classics
4xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Die Walküre (New York 1961)
Erich Leinsdorf, Birgit Nilsson, Ernst Wiemann, Jon Vickers, Otto Edelmann, Gladys Kuchta, Irene Dalis
2012
Walhall
3xCD, Album, Mono, RM
Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf
2012
Walhall Eternity Series
2xCD
Madama Butterfly
Puccini* - Leontyne Price - Richard Tucker (2) - Philip Maero - Orchestra* E Coro Dell'Opera Di Roma*, Erich Leinsdorf
2012
Urania Records (4)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Erich Leinsdorf Conducts Prokofiev
Prokofiev*, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
2011
RCA
6xCD, Comp + Box
Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart* - Lucine Amara, Roberta Peters, Mildred Miller, Kim Borg, Cesare Siepi, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Erich Leinsdorf
2011
Sony Classical
3xCD, Album, Mono
Parsifal
Richard Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf, Margaret Harshaw, Karl Liebl, Hermann Uhde, Jerome Hines, Gerhard Pechner
2011
Walhall
3xCD, Album
Erich Leinsdorf Conducts Wagner, Strauss And Rimsky-Korsakov
Wagner*, Strauss*, Rimsky-Korsakov*, Erich Leinsdorf
2011
Urania Records (4)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Don Giovanni
Mozart*, Siepi*, Valletti*, Corena*, Price*, Nilsson*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Leinsdorf
2011
Urania Records (4)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Don Giovanni
Mozart*, Siepi*, Valletti*, Corena*, Price*, Nilsson*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Leinsdorf
2011
Cantus Classics
2xCD, Comp, RM
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg - Gesamtaufnahme Bayreuth 1959
Wagner*, Leinsdorf*
2010
Myto Historical Line
4xCD, Album, Mono, RM + Box
Messes, Œuvres Chorales & Lieder
Franz Schubert, Janet Baker, Leontyne Price, Nicolai Gedda, Hermann Prey, Erich Leinsdorf, Karl Forster, Marcel Couraud
2007
EMI Classics
5xCD, Comp, Mono, RE
Scharwenka, Paderewski
Earl Wild, Arthur Fiedler, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
2007
Ivory Classics
2xCD, Album, Comp, RE
Siegfried
Richard Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf, Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hopf, The Metropolitan Opera
2007
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Salzburg Marionette Theatre, Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Leinsdorf, Cesare Siepi, Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Peter Ustinov
2006
Weton-Wesgram
DVD-V, PAL
Brahms Symphony No.4 Mozart Symphony No.36
Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2006
RCA, Tower Records (4)
CD, Comp, RM
Symphonies Nos 2 & 6
Prokofiev* - Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
2005
Testament
CD, Comp
The Symphonies
Erich Leinsdorf, Mozart*
2005
Deutsche Grammophon
7xCD, Comp, Mono, RE
The Piano Concertos / Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev* - John Browning (2), Erick Friedman, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
2005
Testament
2xCD, Comp
Symphonies Nos 5 & 3
Prokofiev*, Erich Leinsdorf
2005
Testament
CD, Comp
Romeo And Juliet Excerpts, Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, Prokofiev*
2005
Testament
CD, Comp, RM
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Sonata No. 1
Brahms* - Sviatoslav Richter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2004
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Salzburger Marionettentheater, Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Leinsdorf
2003
Amado
DVD-V
Parsifal, Buenos Aires 1969
Richard Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf, Wolfgang Windgassen, Régine Crespin, Theo Adam, Franz Crass
2003
Living Stage
3xCD, Album, Mono
Richard Wagner, Orchestral Excerpts From "Der Ring Der Nibelungen", "Parsifal" / Arnold Schönberg, Chamber Symphony No. 1
Erich Leinsdorf, Wagner*, Schönberg*, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg
2002
Hänssler Classic
2xCD
Violin Concerto N° 2, Piano Concerto N° 2, The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Sketches, Concerto For Orchestra
Bartók* + Menuhin*, Weissenberg*, Dorati*, Ormandy*, Martinon*, Reiner*, Leinsdorf*
2002
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
2xCD, Comp, RM
Piano Concerto No. 3. Paganini Rhapsody.
Rachmaninov* - Leonard Pennario , Piano, Erich Leinsdorf / Walter Susskind
2001
Seraphim Classics, Seraphim
CD, Comp, RM
Music Directors - Erich Leinsdorf
Leinsdorf*, Boston Symphony Orchestra
2001
BSO Classics
7xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Symphonie No. 6 "Tragische"
Gustav Mahler - Erich Leinsdorf
2001
Orfeo (2)
CD, Album, RM
Brahms: Concerto No. 2 - Beethoven: Concerto No. 1, Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata", Sonata No. 12 "Funeral March", Sonata No. 22
Leinsdorf*, Munch*, Richter*
2001
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
2xCD, Comp, RM, Dig
Messa da Requiem / The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi
Giuseppe Verdi / Gian Carlo Menotti - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2001
Highlights Of The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Vol. 4
Johann Strauß* - Vienna Symphonic Orchestra*, Erich Leinsdorf, Helen Donath, Werner Hollweg
2001
La Mer, Scheherazade, Russian Easter Overture
Debussy*, Rimsky-Korsakov* / Erich Leinsdorf, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra*
2000
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Violin Concertos • Romance
Tchaikovsky*, Sibelius*, Dvorak* - Itzhak Perlman, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
2000
Concerto For Orchestra / Peacock Variations
Bartók*, Kodály* - Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1999
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Symphony No. 3 / Symphony No. 1
Mahler* - Shirley Verrett, Boston Symphony*, Leinsdorf*
1999
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
2xCD, Comp, RM
Piano Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 1
Arthur Rubinstein, Grieg* / Tchaikovsky*, Alfred Wallenstein, Erich Leinsdorf
1999
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
CD, Comp
Symphony No.9 "From The New World", Symphony No.2
Dvořák* - Rachmaninov*, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Alfred Wallenstein
1999
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 3
Brahms*, Nathan Milstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Fistoulari*, Leinsdorf*
1999
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Beethoven* - Arthur Rubinstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra , Conductor Erich Leinsdorf
1999
Piano Concerto No.2 / Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven* / Brahms*, Arthur Rubinstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra , Conductor Erich Leinsdorf
1999
Piano Concertos 1 And 3
Beethoven*, Arthur Rubinstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra , Erich Leinsdorf
1999
Messes, Choers & Lieder
Erich Leinsdorf, Karl Forster, Marcel Couraud, Nicolai Gedda / Schubert*
1998
EMI Classics
5xCD, Comp
Mass No. 6 In E Flat Major D. 950
Schubert* - Erich Leinsdorf, Fritz Wunderlich, Pilar Lorengar, Betty Allen, Manfred Schmidt, Josef Greindl, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*
1997
Testament
CD, Album, Comp, RM
Tristan Und Isolde (February 1943)
Richard Wagner - Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera*, Erich Leinsdorf
1997
Ravel, Piano Concerto In D For The Left Hand; Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, Lieutenant Kijé; Kodály, Háry János
John Browning (2), Erich Leinsdorf, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Prokofiev, Zoltán Kodály
1996
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Piano Concertos
Tchaikovsky* • Schumann* – Rubinstein*, Leinsdorf* / Boston Symphony*
1996
RCA Victor
CD, Comp, RE, RM
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchestra Stuttgart Vol. 4
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Erich Leinsdorf, Carlos Kleiber
1996
Mediaphone
CD
Piano Concertos
Grieg* • Liszt* • Chopin* – Leonard Pennario / Leinsdorf* • Golschmann*
1995
Seraphim
CD, Comp, RM
The Sheffield/Leinsdorf Sessions Volume 2
Stravinsky*, Wagner* - Erich Leinsdorf, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
1995
Sheffield Lab
CD, Album, Comp, 24
Italian Opera Choruses
James Levine (2), Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf
1995
RCA Classics
CD, Comp
Scheherazade - Capriccio Espagnol - Russian Easter Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov*, Litton*, Leinsdorf*, Slatkin*
1995
Seraphim
CD, Comp
Piano Concerto No. 1 - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"
Tchaikovsky* : Leonard Pennario Soloist Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Erich Leinsdorf
1995
Seraphim
CD, Comp
Top Ten Reasons To Listen To Classical Music
Arthur Fiedler / Boston Pops* ● Erich Leinsdorf / Boston Symphony Orchestra
1995
RCA Victor, BMG Classics
CD, Comp
The Sound Of Wagner & Strauss
Wagner* / Strauss* - Leinsdorf*, Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra*, Philharmonia Orchestra
1995
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Symphonies • No. 35 Haffner • No. 36 Linz
Mozart* – Paillard* / English Chamber Orchestra • Leinsdorf* / Boston Symphony*
1995
RCA Victor
CD, Comp, RE, RM
Symphony No. 2 - Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninov*, Leonard Pennario, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Wallenstein*, Leinsdorf*
1995
Seraphim
CD, Comp, RM
Symphony No.3, Symphony No.9 "From The New World"
Brahms*, Dvořák* - Erich Leinsdorf
1995
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Portraits In Sound
Chabrier*, Dukas* - Ippolitov-Ivanov*, Ponchielli*, Rimsky-Korsakov*, Rossini*, Saint-Saëns*, Smetana*, Verdi*, Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra*, Erich Leinsdorf
1994
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Great Works Of Richard Wagner
Wagner* - William Steinberg, Erich Leinsdorf, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, The Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra*, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
1994
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Symphony No 3 "Eroica" & No 8
Beethoven*, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1994
RCA Classics
CD, Comp
The Sheffield / Leinsdorf Sessions Volume I
Erich Leinsdorf Conducting The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
1994
Sheffield Lab
CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, S/Edition, 24K
Symphony No. 4 / Symphony No. 4
Brahms*, Schumann*, Munch*, Leinsdorf*, Boston Symphony*
1994
RCA Victor
CD, Comp
Concerto No. 2 / Violin Sonatas
Perlman* / Ashkenazy* - Sergei Prokofiev, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1994
RCA Victor Gold Seal
CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM
Scheherazade / Le Coq D'or / The Love For Three Oranges
Rimsky-Korsakov* / Prokofiev* - Leinsdorf* / Steinberg*
1994
EMI Classics
CD, Comp
Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner, Erich Leinsdorf, Kirsten Flagstad, Eyvind Laholm, Rose Pauly, Herbert Janssen (2), Emanuel List
1994
Symposium
2xCD
La Mer, Daphnis Et Chloe, Death And Transfiguration
Debussy*, Ravel*, Strauss* / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Leinsdorf*
1994
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Violin Sonatas No.1. No.2, Violin Concerto No. 2 In G Minor
Itzhark Perlman* - Prokofiev*, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Erich Leinsdorf
1994
RCA Red Seal
CD, Album, Comp, RM, S/Edition
Aida Highlights
Verdi*, Price*, Domingo*, Bumbry*, Milnes*, Leinsdorf*, London Symphony*
1994
Der Barbier Von Bagdad / Arlecchino
Cornelius* - Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus*, Erich Leinsdorf / Busoni* - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, John Pritchard
1994
Symphony No. 1 "Titan"
Mahler*, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1994
The Only Classical CD You'll Ever Need!
Arthur Rubinstein, Zubin Mehta, Arthur Fiedler, Eugene Ormandy, Fritz Reiner, Erich Leinsdorf
1994
Symphony No. 2 & No. 6 "Pastoral"
Beethoven*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
1994
Die Walküre
Wagner* - Erich Leinsdorf, Friedrich Schorr, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann, Karin Branzell, Emanuel List
1994
Concerto For Orchestra
Bartok* / Boston Symphony Orchestra - Erich Leinsdorf
1994
Symphonies Nos 1 & 5
Prokofiev* - Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1994
Piano Concerto • Symphony No 4
Schumann* - Leonard Pennario · Seiji Ozawa · Erich Leinsdorf
1994
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" • Wellington's Victory
Beethoven*, Leinsdorf*, Ormandy*
1993
RCA Victor, BMG Classics
CD, Comp, RE
Symphony N°.40 / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / The Magic Flute Overture
Mozart*, Levine* · Chicago Symphony*, Leinsdorf* · Boston Symphony*
1993
RCA Victor, BMG Classics
CD, Comp
Rossini! Rossini!
Gioacchino Rossini - Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra*, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma Della RAI, Carlo Maria Giulini, Luciano Pavarotti, Bruno Bartoletti, Nino Sanzogno, Fernando Previtali, Erich Leinsdorf, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Della RAI, Orchestra* E Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma
1992
Butterfly Music
CD, Album, Comp
Symphonies No. 36 "Linzer" • No. 39 • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart* • Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leinsdorf*
1992
Lohengrin
Wagner* - Lauritz Melchior • Astrid Varnay • Kerstin Thorborg • Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera, New York* • Erich Leinsdorf
1992
Piano Concertos
Artur Rubinstein*, Tchaikovsky* ■ Grieg*, Erich Leinsdorf ■ Alfred Wallenstein
1992
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Posthorn Serenade / Six German Dances
Mozart* / George Szell • Erich Leinsdorf
1992
Violin Concerto / A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mendelssohn*, Eugene Fodor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leinsdorf*
1992
Le Sacre Du Printemps / Firebird Suite
Stravinsky* / Ozawa*, Chicago Symphony* • Leinsdorf*, Boston Symphony*
1991
Die Walküre
Richard Wagner, Helen Traubel · Lauritz Melchior · Friedrich Schorr, Alexander Kipnis, Astrid Varnay, Kirsten Thorberg, The Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf
1991
Concertos Pour Violon
Beethoven*, Mendelssohn* - Nathan Milstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Leon Barzin
1991
Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus
Erich Leinsdorf
Violin Concerto, Op. 35 in D: Allegro Moderato
Erich Leinsdorf
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63 in G Minor: Andante assai
Erich Leinsdorf
Violin Concerto, Opus 47 in D Minor: Allegro, ma non tanto
Erich Leinsdorf
Overture - 1996 Remastered
Erich Leinsdorf
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: Allegro con brio
Erich Leinsdorf
Aida: Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside
Erich Leinsdorf
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 (Une Petite Musique de Nuit/Serenade in G): Allegro
Erich Leinsdorf
Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside
Erich Leinsdorf
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Erich Leinsdorf
I. Allegro con brio
Erich Leinsdorf
Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries
Erich Leinsdorf
Act I: Largo al factotum
Erich Leinsdorf
Symphony No. 9 in D minor (-Choral-), Op. 125- 2. Molto Vivace
Erich Leinsdorf
Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"/Andante
Erich Leinsdorf
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I: No. 2, Cavatina. Largo al factotum della città (Figaro)
Erich Leinsdorf
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21- 2. Andante cantabile con moto
Erich Leinsdorf
Die Walkure: Ride of The Valkyries - Wagner
Erich Leinsdorf
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67/Allegro con brio
Erich Leinsdorf
Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068/Air on the G String
Erich Leinsdorf
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