This release from the archive of the Munich Philharmonic honours two iconic works from the repertoire of French symphonic music of the late 19th century: César Franck’s Symphony in D minor and Claude Debussy’s Nocturnes.
A recording with Sergiu Celibidache with the Symphony No. 5 by Sibelius as well as Strawinsky‘s »The Firebird«. mSpatial creates a virtual immersive acoustic, which is true to the original acoustic experience in the concert hall.
The Celibidache era and its part in forming the core essence of the orchestra, two recordings under the baton of Maestro Celibidache: Gustav Mahler’s »Kindertotenlieder« and Richard Strauss’ »Tod und Verklärung«.
Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 »Unfinished« (recorded 30 September 1988, Philharmonie im Gasteig) and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 »From the New World« (recorded 16 June 1985, Herkulessaal der Residenz).
Maurice Ravel is an undisputed part of Sergiu Celibidache’s core repertoire as well as historically that of the Munich Philharmonic. The history of the orchestra is inextricably linked to the composer and his work.
The director of this sensitive portrait, Jan Schmidt-Garre, accompanied conductor Sergiu Celibidache for four years to concerts and rehearsals as well as conversations about the work of this legendary unusual artist.
This concert from the Herkulessaal in Munich captures one of the rare occasions on which he consented to a recording being made. He conducts the Münchner Philharmoniker with Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 »Romantic«.
When Sergiu Celebidache died in August 1996, the world lost one of the greatest and at the same time most idiosyncratic musicians of the 20th century. This precious legacy has been released in the box set »The Munich Years« on 49 CDs.
