Wolfgang Sawallisch
Born: 26th August 1923, Munich, Germany
Died: 22nd February 2013, Grassau, Germany
Nationality: German
For much of his early career, Wolfgang Sawallisch was primarily associated with his birthplace of Munich and its vicinity; after a period of musical education interrupted by the Second World War, he took up a post at the opera house in Augsburg.
After two ten-year spells at the respective helms of the Vienna and Hamburg Symphony Orchestras (he had turned down offers from both the Vienna Philharmonic and the New York Metropolitan Opera!) he became Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera and focussed heavily on the operas of Wagner and Richard Strauss.
In 2006 he retired from the podium due to ill health.
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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
Dresden Staatskapelle, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Anneliese Rothenberger (Pamina), Edda Moser (Königin der Nacht), Peter Schreier (Tamino), Walter Berry (Papageno), Kurt Moll (Sarastro), Theo Adam (Sprecher), Willi Brokmeier (Monostatos), Olivera Miljakovic (Papagena), Leonore Kirschstein, Ilse Gramatzki, Brigitte Fassbaender (Drei Damen), Walter Gampert, Peter Hinterreiter, Andreas Stein (Drei Knaben), Wilfried Badorek, Günter Wewel (Zwei Priesten/Zwei Geharnischten) Chor & Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Verdi: Macbeth
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Macbeth), Peter Lagger (Banco), Grace Bumbry (Lady Macbeth), Bozena Ruk-Focic (Dama), Ermanno Lorenzi (Macduff), Francisco Lazaro (Malcolm) & Alois Pernerstorfer (Medico) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Bruckner: From the Archives, Vol. 6 (Remastered 2025)
Hilde Ceska (soprano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, Wiener Symphoniker, Eugen Jochum, Henry Swoboda, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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New. Lortzing: Der Wildschütz
Ellinor Junker-Giesen (soprano), Georg Hann (bass), Lore Wissmann (soprano), Res Fischer (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Engelbert Czubok (baritone), Horst Gunter (baritone), Bamberger Symphoniker, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Ferdinand Leitner
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New. Brahms: Oeuvres avec orchestre - La discothèque idéale de Diapason, Vol. 36
Aafje Heynis (contralto), Heinz Bongartz, Tibor Paul, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Janos Starker (cello), David Oistrakh (violin), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Clifford Curzon (piano), Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Rudolf Serkin (piano), Emil Gilels (piano), Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, NBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Otto Klemperer, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Joseph Keilberth, Eduard van Beinum, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Rudolf Kempe, Karl Böhm, Arturo Toscanini, Lorin Maazel, Clemens Krauss, Antal Dorati, Jonel Perlea, Rafael Kubelik, Mario Rossi, Eugene Ormandy, Fritz Reiner, Ferenc Fricsay, Leopold Stokowski, Franz Konwitschny, George Szell, Pierre Monteux
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