Leonard Slatkin

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Leonard Slatkin is een Amerikaanse dirigent, auteur en componist, geboren in 1944 in Los Angeles. Hij kwam uit een muzikale familie: zijn vader Felix was violist en dirigent, zijn moeder Eleanor Aller celliste, allebei lid van het Hollywood String Quartet. Slatkin studeerde in Indiana en aan de Juilliard School, debuteerde in 1966 als dirigent en werd in 1968 assistent bij het Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Daar keerde hij in 1979 terug als muzikaal leider. Onder zijn leiding groeide het orkest uit tot een van de bekendste van Amerika.

Muziek en doorbraak

Met dat orkest maakte hij veel opnamen voor onder andere RCA en EMI. In 1985 nam hij The Nutcracker van Tchaikovsky op, de eerste complete uitvoering van dat werk op cd. Zijn discografie bevat ook Gershwin, Ravel, Debussy, Barber en Moessorgski. In 1984 won hij een Grammy voor Prokofjevs vijfde symfonie. Later leidde hij het National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, het BBC Symphony Orchestra, het Detroit Symphony Orchestra en het Orchestre National de Lyon. In 2001 dirigeerde hij de Last Night of the Proms.

Invloed

Slatkin staat bekend om zijn aandacht voor twintigste-eeuwse Amerikaanse en Britse componisten. Voor popluisteraars is hij vooral de man achter veel klassieke opnamen die decennialang als referentie dienden, en zijn werk laat zien hoe het orkestrepertoire in de platenindustrie een eigen markt had.

Luisteren

Discografie

Studioalbums

• 1974The Complete Gershwin: Works for Orchestra, Piano & Orchestra
• 1979Bizet: Carmen / Grieg: Peer Gynt
• 1980Bolero / Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2 / Pavane pour une Infante défunte
• 1980Symphony no. 9 In E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”
• 1981Symphony no. 1 in D "Titan"
• 1982La mer / Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune / Danses sacrée et profane
• 1982Tchaikovsky: MARCHE SLAV AND OTHER RUSSIAN FAVORITES
• 1982Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
• 1983Pachelbel: Kanon / Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major
• 1983Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain
• 1983Violin Concerto / Flute Concerto
• 1984Symphony no. 5
• 1984Violin Concerto / Romance in F Minor / Mazurek in E Minor
• 1985Cinderella Suite
• 1985Der Nussknacker op. 71 (Auszüge)
• 1985Nutcracker Suite / Swan Lake Suite
• 1985The Nutcracker
• 1985Viennese Sommerfest!
• 1986Billy the Kid / Rodeo
• 1986Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23
• 1986Symphonic Dances / Prince Rostislav
• 1986Symphony no. 5, op. 47
• 1987Catfish Row (Suite From "Porgy And Bess") / An American in Paris / Cuban Overture / Lullaby
• 1987Hanson: Symphony no. 2 "Romantic" / Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
• 1987Symphony No. 10
• 1987Symphony no. 3 / Piano Concerto no. 1
• 1987Violin Concerto No. 1 / Scottish Fantasy
• 1988Appalachian Spring (complete) / Letter from Home / John Henry / Cortège macabre from "Grohg"
• 1988Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique
• 1988Symphony no. 1 / Portsmouth Point Overture
• 1989Music of Samuel Barber
• 1989Schwantner: Aftertones of Infinity / Druckman: Chiaroscuro / Albert: Into Eclipse
• 1989Swan Lake, Op. 20
• 1989Symphony no. 2 / Serenade, op. 20
• 1989Symphony no. 8
• 1989Symphony No. 8
• 1989The Sleeping Beauty (Ballet), op. 66
• 1990A Christmas Celebration
• 1990Guitar Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Concerto for 2 Guitars
• 1990Leonard Slatkin Conducts Russian Showpieces
• 1990Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43
• 1990Serenade no. 1 in D
• 1990Silver Ladders / Island Prelude / Music for Cello and Orchestra / Sequoia
• 1990Symphony no. 1 / Francesca da Rimini, op. 32
• 1990Symphony no. 3 / Music for a Great City
• 1990Symphony No. 9
• 1990Symphony No.5 / The Tempest
• 1990The Film Music: Alexander Nevsky / Ivan the Terrible / Lt. Kizheh
• 1991Cello Concertos
• 1991Don Quixote | Till Eulenspiegel
• 1991Symphonies nos. 5 & 6
• 1991Symphony no. 1 / In the South
• 1991Symphony no. 1 / Piano Concerto / Souvenirs
• 1991Symphony no. 4 / Fatum / Voyevoda
• 1991Symphony no. 6 / The Incredible Flutist / 3 New England Sketches
• 1991The American Album
• 1991The Russian Album
• 1991The Three Symphonies
• 1991Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'
• 1992A Sea Symphony
• 1992American Portraits
• 1992Grosse Komponisten und ihre Musik 48: Rachmaninow - Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 C-Moll Op. 18 / Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini op. 43
• 1992In Memory of a Summer Day
• 1992La fanciulla del West
• 1992Symhony no. 9 “From the New World”
• 1992Symphony no. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture
• 1992Symphony No. 3 / Capriccio Italien
• 1992Symphony no. 3 / The Unanswered Question / Three Places in New England
• 1992Symphony no. 4
• 1992Symphony no. 4 / Session I
• 1993A London Symphony / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
• 1993Opernarien von W. A. Mozart
• 1993Piano Concerto no. 1 / Concert Fantasy
• 1993Piano Concertos / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Sonatine
• 1993Sinfonia Antartica / Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
• 1993Songfest / Symphonie No. 1 "Jeremiah"
• 1993Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps / Ginastera: Popol Vuh / Haydn: Representation of Chaos
• 1993Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
• 1993Symphonies nos. 8 & 9 / Flourish for Glorious John
• 1993Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique” / Hamlet
• 1993Violin Concerto / Salut D'amour
• 1993Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• 1994Carmina Burana
• 1994Concerto for Orchestra / The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete)
• 1994Music for Films
• 1994The Kingdom
• 1995Symphony No. 10
• 1995Symphony No. 2 / Overture-Fantasy "Romeo and Juliet" / 1812 Overture
• 1995The Typewriter: Leroy Anderson Favorites
• 1996Concerto for Piano & Orchestra / Elegy / Tournaments / Fantasia on an Ostinato
• 1996Dance Symphony / Short Symphony / Organ Symphony
• 1996Encore!
• 1996Of Rage and Remembrance / Symphony no. 1
• 1996Roméo et Juliette
• 1996The London Symphonies, Vol. 2
• 1996Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Capricorn Concerto
• 1997Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos / Delius: Caprice & Elegy
• 1997Holst: The Planets / Varèse: Arcana
• 1997Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain / Khovanshchina / Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
• 1997The Music of Joseph Schwantner
• 19986th Symphony / Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges"
• 1998Dello Joio: Homage to Haydn / Schickele: Pentangle / Persichetti: Symphony no. 8
• 1998Symphony No. 6, Suite from Love for Three Oranges
• 1998The London Symphonies, Volume 4: Nos. 95, 97, 101
• 2000Bach Transcriptions
• 2000The Swan
• 2001Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Orchestral & Chamber Works
• 2001Concerto for Piano & Orchestra - Suite for Piano, Harp & Strings - Caribe
• 2001Jeremiah, Symphony no. 1 / The Age of Anxiety, Symphony no. 2
• 2001The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms
• 2002Fractured Lines
• 2003Britten: Prince of the Pagodas - Suite / Mcphee: Tabuh-Tabuhan
• 2003Ivan the Terrible
• 2004A Sea Symphony
• 2004Kaddish / Chichester Psalms / Missa Brevis
• 2004Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
• 2004Songs of Innocence and of Experience
• 2004The Conductors' Transcriptions
• 2004Vanessa
• 2005Alexander Nevsky / Lieutenant Kijé
• 2005An American in Paris / Catfish Row (Suite from "Porgy and Bess") / Promenade / Rhapsody in Blue / Cuban Overture
• 2006Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"
• 2006BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 12: Symphony no. 1 / In the South
• 2006Orchestral Music, Volume 1
• 2007A Dylan Thomas Trilogy
• 2007Holst: The Planets Suite - Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
• 2007Made in America / Tambor / Concerto for Orchestra
• 2007Orchestral Music, Volume 3
• 2008Orchestral Music, Volume 5
• 2008Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'; Candide Overture; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
• 2009Abraham Lincoln Portraits
• 2010Horn Concerto
• 2010Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• 2010Symphony no. 2
• 2011Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
• 2012Orchestral Works 1: Rapsodie espagnole / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Boléro
• 2012Symphonie fantastique
• 2012The Glass Bead Game / Awaking the Winds / Shadows / The Mystic Trumpeter
• 2013Orchestral Works 2: Valses nobles et sentimentales / Gaspard de la nuit / Le Tombeau de Couperin / La Valse
• 2013Rodeo / Dance Panels / El salón México / Danzón cubano
• 2013Symphony no. 1 / The Isle of the Dead
• 2013Symphony no. 1: Ballet for Orchestra / Circuits / Einstein’s Dream / Double Play
• 2013Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44 / Symphonic Dances, op. 45
• 2014Harold en Italie
• 2014The American Masters
• 2015L'Enfant et les sortilèges / Ma Mère l'Oye
• 2015Symphony no. 3 "Organ" / Danse macabre / Cyprès et Lauriers
• 2015The Five Sacred Trees
• 2015Williams: Cello Concerto
• 2016Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet) / Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
• 2016L’Heure espagnole / Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
• 2016Orchestral Works 3: Orchestrations
• 2017Orchestral Works 4: Daphnis et Chloé
• 2017Orchestral Works 5: Antar / Sheherazade
• 2017Symphony no. 3 / Three Latin American Sketches
• 2019Billy the Kid / Grohg
• 2019Flute Concerto / Air / Second Symphony
• 2019Orchestral Works, Vol. 6: Piano Concerto in G major / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand / Tzigane
• 2019Roméo et Juliette / Béatrice et Bénédict Overture / Le Roi Lear Overture
• 2020John Williams: Trumpet Concerto
• 2020Requiem
• 2023Orchestral Works
• 2023Symphony no. 1 & Prince Rostislav
• 2023Symphony no. 3, Symphony in D minor ‘Youth’ Symphony, The Rock
• 2023Symphony no. 4, op. 36 & Fatum, op. 77 & Voyevoda, op. 78
• 2025Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible
• ?Alexander Nevsky
• ?An American in Paris / Promenade / Catfish Row (Suite from “Porgy and Bess”) / “I Got Rhythm” Variations
• ?Belshazzar’s Feast / Partita / Henry V: Two Pieces
• ?Der Nußknacker / Schwanensee
• ?Porgy and Bess (highlights)
• ?Serenade no. 2 / Haydn-Variationen / Akademische Festouvertüre
• ?Symphonic Dances, The Isle of the Dead & Other Orchestral Works (Remastered 2024)
• ?Symphonies No. 93, No. 99, No. 100
• ?The Bells / Isle of the Dead
• ?Three Hungarian Suites: Dohnányi: Suite in F-sharp minor, op. 19 / Kodály: Háry János / Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin
• ?Violin Concerto, op. 53 / Romantic Pieces, op. 7 / Romance, op. 11