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Christoph von Dohnányi
12+ albums
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Christoph von Dohnányi (pronounced [ˈkʁɪstɔf fɔn ˈdɔxnaːnjiː]) (born September 8, 1929) is a German conductor of Hungarian ancestry. Dohnányi was born in Berlin, Germany to jurist Hans von Dohnányi and Christine Bonhoeffer. His uncle on his mother's side was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and theologian/ethicist. His grandfather was the pianist and composer Ernő Dohnányi, also known as Ernst von Dohnányi. His father, uncle and other family members participated in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, and were arrested and detained in several concentration camps before being executed in 1945, when Christoph was 15 years old.Dohnányi's older brother is Klaus von Dohnányi, a German politician and former mayor of Hamburg. After the war, Dohnányi studied law in Munich, but in 1948 he transferred to the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München to study composition, piano and conducting. At the opera in Munich, he was a stage extra, coached singers, and was a house pianist. He received the Richard Strauss Prize from the city of Munich, and then went to Florida State University to study with his grandfather. His first position as assistant was at the Frankfurt Opera, appointed by Georg Solti, where he also served as a ballet and opera coach. He was general musical director of the Lübeck Opera from 1957–1963, then Germany's youngest GMD. He also served as chief conductor of the Staatsorchester Kassel. He also served as chief conductor of the Westdeutsche Rundfunk Sinf
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Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 (Excerpt)
9102Ravel : Boléro [Excerpt]
8083Allegro Con Brio [Excerpt]
1694Allegro con Brio from Symphony No. 5 [Excerpt]
1545Boléro [Excerpt]
776Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé : Suite No.2 - Lever du jour
617Dance of the Firebird
328Adams: Century Rolls: I. First Movement
269Adams: Century Rolls: III. Hail Bop
2510Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92~Allegro Con Brio [Excerpt]
24albums
40 Most Beautiful Love Themes
40 Most Beautiful Romantic Classics
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Telarc Collection, Volume 5: 17 Selections From The World's Finest Sounding Recordings
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Telarc Collection, Vol. 5
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Martinu: Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra / Janácek: Capriccio
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Dvorák: Symphony No. 6 / Janácek: Taras Bulba
Ives: 3 Places In New England; Orchestral Set No. 2 - Ruggles: Sun-Treader; Men And Mountains - Crawford: Andante
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Stravinsky, Bartók : Ballet Music
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 / Schoenberg: 5 Orchesterstücke / Webern: Im Sommerwind
Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9