Artur Rodziński

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Artur Rodziński

Artur Rodziński was a Polish and American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Artur Rodziński was a Polish and American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with the Philadelphia Orchestra. This engagement led to Rodziński becoming music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He also prepared the NBC Symphony Orchestra for Arturo Toscanini before the Italian conductor's debut with them. A dispute in Chicago led to Rodziński's dismissal in 1948, whereupon he shifted his career to Europe, eventually settling in Italy, although continuing to maintain a home in Lake Placid, New York. In November 1958, beset by heart disease, he made his professional return to the United States for the first time in a decade, conducting acclaimed performances of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Exhausted, he checked into Massachusetts General Hospital where he died 11 days later.

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Releases (21)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

2023-11-10XE
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Elgar from America, Volume I cover

Elgar from America, Volume I

2019GB
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Saint-Saëns: Concerto no. 4 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 44 / Satie: Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire cover

Saint-Saëns: Concerto no. 4 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 44 / Satie: Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire

2016-04-01XW
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Artur Rodziński Conducts… London Philharmonic Orchestra

2014-10-06XW
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Kodaly: Galánta & Marosszék Dances / Háry János Suite / Ippolitov Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches cover

Kodaly: Galánta & Marosszék Dances / Háry János Suite / Ippolitov Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches

2009-10-15AF
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Wanda Landowska joue Mozart cover

Wanda Landowska joue Mozart

2009-09FR
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Symphony No. 4 / Violin Concerto in D major

1996XE
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Khovanshchina

1995-11-06US
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The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time 43/44 : Cornerstones of Symphonic Music cover

The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time 43/44 : Cornerstones of Symphonic Music

1980CA
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Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

US
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