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Charles Mackerras
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Sir Charles Mackerras was born in Schenectady, New York to Alan and Catherine Mackerras, Australians – his father, an electrical engineer, was doing postgraduate work in Schenectady with General Electric – and at an early age he moved with his parents to Sydney. He was the eldest of their seven children, including five brothers, the others being Malcolm, Colin, Alastair and Neil. They are descendants of the pioneer Australian musician Isaac Nathan. Mackerras attended Sydney Grammar School and The King's School, Sydney in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. He studied oboe, piano and composition at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music in Sydney and eventually became principal oboist of the Sydney Symphony. He settled in England in 1946. He won a British Council Scholarship in 1947, enabling him to study conducting with Václav Talich at the Prague Academy of Music. In 1947, Mackerras married the clarinetist Judy Wilkins "so that they could go to Prague together."[1]. They have two daughters, Fiona and Catherine. Mackerras is currently the President of Trinity College of Music, London. He also serves as Music Advisor to City Opera of Vancouver, a professional chamber opera company led by conductor Charles Barber.[1] [edit]Early career Returning to England from Prague in 1948, Mackerras began his life-long association with Sadler's Wells Opera, now English National Opera, conducting, among others, Janáček, Händel, Gluck, Bach, and Donizetti. In the 1950s, well before the "authentici
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Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163: I. Allegro con brio
3262Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163: II. Adagio
2603Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
2574Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163: III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
2375Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43: I. Allegretto
2206Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43: II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
1587Symphonic Variations, Op. 78, B. 70
1298Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43: IV. Allegro moderato
1239Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43: III. Vivacissimo
12310Sylvia - Pizzicati (Act III)
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
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100 Best Ballet - French Ballets
Life with Czech Music - Dvořák, Smetana
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Dvořák, Smetana: Life with Czech Music
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Mozart: The Symphonies
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Kaleidoscope - An Orchestral Extravaganza
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38-41
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Schubert, F.: Mass No. 6 in E Flat Major, D. 950 / Mozart, W.A.: Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, K. 339
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Best Classics 100 Vol.2 [Disc 3] -Romantic Classics-