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Rene Leibowitz
12+ albums
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René Leibowitz (17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher born in Warsaw, Poland. He is remembered best as a champion for the music of the Second Viennese School and for his revolutionary anti-Romantic recordings of Beethoven's symphonies. René Leibowitz was born in Warsaw on February 17, 1913. His musical career began with the study of the violin at the age of five. Between the ages of nine and thirteen he gave violin recitals in Warsaw, Prague, Vienna and Berlin, but his father decided to end his premature concert career, since he wanted his son to lead a normal life and not that of a child prodigy. On no account, however, did this diminish young Leibowitz's interest in music. In fact, he continued his daily practice and began to conduct as a young student in Berlin" (Readers Digest). Eventually he made Paris his home. There he studied composition with Ravel and Schoenberg, and also studied orchestration with Ravel. Additionally, he studied composition with Webern and conducting with Pierre Monteux. René Leibowitz made his debut as a conductor in 1937 with the Chamber Orchestra of the French Radio in Europe and the United States. In 1944 he taught composition and conducting to many pupils, including Pierre Boulez (composition only), Antoine Duhamel, and Vinko Globokar. "Meanwhile, he continued to conduct whenever he found time - though his podium activities were interrupted by the war. It was during this period that he
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Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24: I. Erwas lebhaft
1472Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24: II. Sehr langsam
723Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24: III. Sehr rasch
724The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Excerpt) (Featured in "Fantasia")
585Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92 (Second Movement: Allegretto) (Featured in "Zardoz" / "Immortal Beloved")
576Flight of the Bumblebee
497Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 (First Movement: Allegro con brio)
488Quartet Op. 22 for Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Violin and Piano: I. Sehr mäßig
459Four Songs, Op. 12: No. 2. Die Geheimnisvolle Flote
4010Humoresque
39albums
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Webern: Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24, Piano Variations, Op. 27, Four Songs, Op. 12, Quartet Op. 22 for Tenor Saxophone
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The Nine Symphonies Of Beethoven
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Homework Hits Vol. 2: Power Study Classics
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Concert Favourites Vol. 2
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Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
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20th Century Choral Music
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Estudio de Música Clásica, Vol. 3 (Una selección de obras de Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Satie, Debussy y Chaikovski para Relajarse)
Fright Night: Classic Halloween Music
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Classical Tunes in Classic Cartoons
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200 Greatest Classical Music Favourites: The Essential Classics
Darmstadt Aural Documents, Box 1 - Composers-Conductors
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The Masters of Relaxation, Vol. 1 (Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart, Satie and Bach)