Christian Thielemann
Born: 1st April 1959, Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
The German conductor Christian Thielemann was born in Berlin in 1959 and began his career as a repetiteur at the Deutsche Oper and an assistant to Herbert von Karajan whilst still in his teens. He spent several decades working at smaller German and major Italian opera-houses before being appointed music director at the Deutsche Oper in 1997, making his debut at the Bayreuth Festival (where he had previously assisted Daniel Barenboim) in 2000; fifteen years later he was announced as the festival’s music-director, and his discography includes Bayreuth productions of Tristan und Isolde, the Ring Cycle, and Der fliegende Holländer. In 2004 he was appointed music director of the Münchner Philharmoniker, with whom he has recorded Strauss Lieder with Renée Fleming and Diana Damrau, Brahms’s Deutsches Requiem, and symphonies by Beethoven, Mahler and Bruckner.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven Symphonies from Thielemann and Chailly
Thielemann offers a cycle in the grand Germanic tradition with the Wiener Philharmoniker, whilst Chailly’s interpretations with Gewandhausorchester Leipzig emphasise lightness and freshness without ever sounding too hard-driven or breathless. James puts the case for each approach.
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