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Sir Charles Mackerras
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Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (born 17 November 1925, died 14 July 2010) was an Australian conductor. He was a noted authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Family: Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras was born of Australian parents, Alan and Catherine Mackerras, in Schenectady, New York. His father, an electrical engineer, was doing postgraduate work in Schenectady with General Electric. The family moved to Sydney when Charles was aged two. He was the eldest of their seven children, including five brothers, the others being Malcolm, Colin, Alastair and Neil and two sisters, Joan and Elisabeth. They are descendants of the pioneer Australian musician Isaac Nathan. Mackerras attended Sydney Grammar School and The King's School 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 Judy Wilkins, a clarinettist. They have two daughters, Fiona (who died in September 2007 and Catherine. He is the uncle of the Australian conductor Alexander Briger (Australian World Orchestra) and the British-born conductor Drostan Hall (Camerata Chicago, USA). Early career: Returning to England from Prague in 194
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Nutcracker: Trepak (Russian Dance)
1,5192Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 2: March
1,1143Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - "O mio babbino caro"
8824Nutcracker: Overture
7255Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14: Pas de deux: Dance of the Prince & the Sugar-Plum Fairy
6826Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12: Dance of the Mirlitons
6397Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, Op. 13
5608Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14: Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
5479Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 13: Waltz of the Flowers
45810Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 (Julius Caesar) - Va tacito e nascosto
402albums
Orff: Carmina Burana - Holst: The Planets
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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Sullivan-Mackerras: Pineapple Poll . Verdi-Mackerras: The Lady and the Fool
George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare, Hwv 17 (Julius Caesar)
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Renée Fleming: By Request
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Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
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Sir Charles Mackerras conducts Leoš Janáček
Sir Charles Mackerras: A Portrait (3 CDs)
Delibes/Messager/Gounod : Ballet Music
Icon: Charles Mackerras
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Puccini Airs d'opéras
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The Art Of Renée Fleming