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Pierre Monteux
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Pierre Benjamin Monteux (pronounced: [pjɛʁ mɔ̃.tø]; 4 April 1875 – 1 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907. He came to prominence when, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company between 1911 and 1914, he conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and other prominent works including Petrushka, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, and Debussy's Jeux. Thereafter he directed orchestras around the world for more than half a century. From 1917 to 1919 Monteux was the principal conductor of the French repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1919–24), Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (1924–34), Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1929–38) and San Francisco Symphony (1936–52). In 1961, aged eighty-six, he accepted the chief conductorship of the London Symphony Orchestra, a post which he held until his death three years later. Although known for his performances of the French repertoire, his chief love was the music of German composers, above all Brahms. He disliked recording, finding it incompatible with spontaneity, but he nevertheless made a substantial number of records. Monteux was well known as a teacher. In 1932 he began a conducting class in Paris, which he developed into a summer school that was later moved to his summer home in Les Baux in the sout
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op.20 / Act 1 - No.2 Valse (Corps de Ballet)
1202Sleeping Beauty: Polacca
1003Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma", Op. 36: Theme (Andante)
944The Rite of Spring: Part I: Introduction
935Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite #2 In B Minor, BWV 1067 - Badinerie
846Symphony No. 3 In E Major, Opus 55. Eroica, Finale, Adagio, Allegro Moto E Vivace
807The Rite of Spring: Part I: Spring Rounds
648The Rite of Spring: Part I: Dance of the Earth
599The Rite of Spring: Part II: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
5810The Rite of Spring: Part II: Introduction
58albums
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Famous conductors of the past - Pierre Monteux
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 • Elgar: Enigma Variations
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Pierre Monteux - Recordings 1956-1964
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Classic Masters (1956-1961)
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Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Pétrouchka
Monteux Conducts Elgar and Brahms
Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Stravinsky: Petrouchka
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100 Classical Favourites
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Debussy For Daydreaming - Music To Caress Your Innermost Thoughts
Franck: Symphony, Stravinsky: Petrouchka
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Ein Abend In Wien (An Evening in Vienna), Vol. 8
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Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies