Victor de sabata biography of christopher
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The charismatic Italian conductor Victor de Sabata is the subject of a handsome Deutsche Grammophon CD celebration ( , 4 cds). A curvaceous post-war London Philharmonic Eroica is shaped and moulded with the utmost artistry whereas a version of Sibelius&#;s tone poem En Saga from the same period piles on the excitement virtually by the bar. Mozart’s Requiem from Rome in wartime enjoys a stellar vocal line up of Tassinari, Stignani, Tagliavini and Tajo and moves seamlessly from ascetic piety to emotional warmth with apparent ease while the Berlin Philharmonic sessions include a highly dramatic Brahms 4 (the end of the finale kept on a very tight leash, a-la-Toscanini), Dances of Gálanta with more Hungarian-style inflections than many a home-grown rival, a lean and lustrous Feste romaine (what a piece!) and highly charged accounts of the Trsitan ‘Prelude und Liebestod’ and Richard Strauss&#;s Tod und Verklärung. Great conducting this, and make no mistake. Good transfers
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Victor de Sabata
Italian conductor and composer
Victor Alberto de Sabata (10 April – 11 December ) was an Italian conductor and composer. He is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished operatic conductors of the twentieth century,[1] especially for his Verdi, Puccini and Wagner.[2][3]
De Sabata was acclaimed for his interpretations of orchestral music. Like his nära contemporary Wilhelm Furtwängler, de Sabata regarded composition as more important than conducting but achieved more lasting recognition for his conducting than his compositions. De Sabata has been praised by various authors and critics as a rival to Toscanini for the title of greatest Italian dirigent of the twentieth century,[4] and even as "perhaps the greatest conductor in the world".[5]
In , aged 26, de Sabata was appointed conductor of the Monte Carlo Opera, performing a bred variety of lateth century and contemporary works, and earning acclaim
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The Composer(s)
At a time when professional female composers were still the exception, the Venetian Emma Teresa Bianchini embarked on a promising career that was cut short by her premature death. She produced some orchestral works, but mainly wrote little pieces especially for children with illustrative titles.
The Italian composer and organist Marco Enrico Bossi studied with Ponchielli in Milan and became organist at Como Cathedral, with subsequent conservatory appointments in Naples, Venice, Bologna and Rome. He enjoyed considerable success as a recitalist. He composed in most genres, and his output includes a number of works for organ.