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Armin Jordan
12+ albums
conductorClassical
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Armin Jordan (April 9, 1932 – September 20, 2006), was a Swiss conductor known for his interpretations of French music, Mozart and Wagner. Armin Jordan was born in Lucerne, Switzerland. "Mr. Jordan was a large man, with a slab of a face and a full mouth, often twisted in a sardonic smile, and his powerful physical presence belied the careful near-understatement of his conducting," noted The New York Times in his obituary. Jordan was most unusual at a time when conductors flew about the world from one engagement to another. For the most part he stayed close to home in Switzerland and France. After leading a number of Swiss orchestras he became principal conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Geneva in 1985, a position he held until 1997. Armin Jordan did not conduct in the United States until 1985. He appeared in Seattle and New York. Seattle scheduled him for Wagner's Ring in 2000 and 2001, but he had to withdraw after a few performances in 2000 because of illness. For the same reason, he canceled his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2001. He was to have conducted Mozart’s opera Così Fan Tutte. His son, the conductor Philippe Jordan, made his own debut at the Met in 2002. Armin Jordan died in Zürich five days after he collapsed while conducting Prokofiev’s opera The Love for Three Oranges at the opera house in Basel. In addition to Philippe, his survivors are his widow Kate and his daughter Pascale. User-contributed text is available under the Cre
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Mozart : Violin Concerto No.5 in A major K219 : II Adagio
1,2052Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier
1,1893Spohr : Violin Concerto No.8 in A minor Op.47, 'in modo di scena cantate' : II Adagio
8524Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 (Excerpt)
5165Strauss, Johann II : An der schönen, blauen Donau Op.314 [Blue Danube Waltz]
5006Ravel : Boléro [Excerpt]
4977Wagner : Parsifal : Prelude to Act 1
4528Dvorák : Requiem Op.89 : I Introitutus - Requiem aeternum
4009Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2 Op.64c : IV Dance
39110Dvorák : Requiem Op.89 : III Dies irae
358albums
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40 Most Beautiful Violin Classics
40 Most Beautiful Orchestral Classics
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40 Most Beautiful Classical Masterpieces
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Dukas : L' Apprenti sorcier [The Sorcerer's Apprentice], La péri Symphony in C major (- Apex)
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Wagner : Parsifal [1981]
Scheherazade - The Magic of Music
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Dvorák : Requiem
Boléro - From Ravel to Fauré and Chabrier
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40 Most Beautiful Love Themes
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Dukas : L' Apprenti sorcier [The Sorcerer's Apprentice], La péri Symphony in C major
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
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