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Peter Maag
12+ albums
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Ernst Peter Johannes Maag (10 May 1919 – 16 April 2001) was a Swiss conductor. Peter Maag was principal conductor of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf from 1952 to 1955, then general music director of the Bonn Opera for four seasons. In 1959 he made his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Mozart's Magic Flute and at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera with Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. In the same year he made his first guest appearance in the USA - with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. In 1961 he made his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago with Mozart's Così fan tutte, and in 1962 at the Salzburg Festival with Mozart's Idomeneo. From 1964 to 1968, Peter Maag was chief conductor of the Vienna Volksoper. In 1972 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera with Mozart's Don Giovanni and was appointed artistic director of the Teatro Regio di Parma in the same year. From 1974 he was chief conductor at the Teatro Regio di Torino, then at the RAI Symphony Orchestra (Turin) and at the Orquesta Nacional de España. He was music director of the Bern Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 1991 as well as the orchestra's chief conductor di Padova e del Veneto from 1983 to 2001. He also made guest appearances in opera houses and concert halls around the world. Peter Maag has a son, the children's book author Georg Maag. Maag's first wife was Jasmina Božin, a Serbian set designer. He has a daughter with his second wife Marica Franchi (Marika). Maag was a member of the Biel
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 - "Scottish" - 4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
1602Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551, "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace
1323Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
954Symphony No. 29 In A Major (A-Dur, La Majeur, La Maggiore) K.201: IV. Allegro Con Spirito
865Verdi: Luisa Miller / Act 2 - Quando le sere al placido chiaror d'un ciel stellato
756The Fairy Queen: Act 1: Jig
647Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, "Prague": I. Adagio - Allegro
438Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550: IV. Allegro assai
429Requiem Kv. 626, Lacrimosa
4110Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K 622: II. Adagio
35albums
Oboe Concertos (The Peter Maag Edition - Volume 15)
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3; A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Finest Music Selection: Cancer
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W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K.297b, Symphonies Nos. 25 K.183 & 29 K.201
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Finest Music Selection: Summer
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Chopin: Les Sylphides (The Peter Maag Edition - Volume 10)
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Finest Music Selection: Leo
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Luciano Pavarotti - The Best
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Grieg: Piano Concerto (The Peter Maag Edition - Volume 12)
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Mozart: Concerto No. 20 for Piano and Orchestra in D Minor, K. 466
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream ∙ Hebrides Overture; Delibes: La Source; Rossini: Overtures; Chopin: Les Sylphides
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Classical Music for Yoga and Relaxation