Label: LPO
Catalog: LPO0038
Format: CD Wholenote Discoveries - July 2009
Klaus Tennstedt (1926-1998) was a conductor who emerged from East Germany in 1971 and soon achieved international acclaim. His North American debut was in Toronto in 1974 with the TSO conducting the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Itzhak Perlman. I was in Massey Hall that night and that concert remains as one of my most electrifying evenings ever. He was associated with the London Philharmonic Orchestra from 1980, first as Guest Conductor then Principle Conductor until 1987 when he stepped down due to ill health. The LPO has been issuing some live performances recorded by the BBC, the most recent being a blazing Mahler Sixth in stunning sound live from the Royal Albert Hall on August 22nd 1983. There are two other Sixths with the LPO, 1980 and 1991 but this one equals those and for its passion excels. It certainly would be an “if you have only one version” choice. Bruce Surtees | 
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Price: $29.98
