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About the conductor Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires in 1942. He received his first piano lessons at age five, and was first taught by his mother. Later, he studied under his father, who would remain his only piano teacher. He gave his first public concert when he was seven. In 1952, he moved with his parents to Israel. At age eleven, Daniel Barenboim took part in conducting classes in Salzburg under Igor Markevich. In that summer, he also met Wilhelm Furtwängler and played for him. Furtwängler then wrote, “The eleven-year-old Daniel Barenboim is a phenomenon.” In 1955 and 1956, Barenboim studied harmony and composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. At age ten, Daniel Barenboim gave his international debut performance as a solo pianist in Vienna and Rome; Paris (1955), London (1956), and New York (1957) then followed, where he played with Leopold Stokowski. Since then, he has regularly toured Europe and the United States, but also South America, Australia, and the Far East. In 1954, Daniel Barenboim began his recording career as a pianist. In the 1960s, he recorded Beethoven’s Piano Concertos with Otto Klemperer, Brahm’s Piano Concertos with Sir John Barbirolli, and all the Mozart piano concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra, this time serving both as pianist and conductor. Ever since his conducting debut in 1967 in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim has been in great demand with leading orchestras around the world. Between 1975 and 1989, he was chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris, where he often performed contemporary works by composers such as Lutoslawski, Berio, Boulez, Henze, Dutilleux, and Takemitsu and others. Daniel Barenboim gave his debut as an opera conductor at the Edinburgh Festival in 1973 with Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In 1981, he conducted for the first time in Bayreuth, where he would conduct every summer for eighteen years, until 1999. During this time, he conducted Tristan und Isolde, Ring des Nibelungen, Parsifal, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. From 1991 until June 2006, Daniel Barenboim was Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The musicians of the orchestra have since named him Honorary Conductor for Life. In 1992, he became General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he was also artistic director from 1992 to August 2002. In 2000, the Staatskapelle Berlin voted him chief-conductor-for-life. Both in the opera as well as the on the concert stage, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin have acquired a large repertoire of complete symphonic works (work cycles). The cyclical performance of all operas by Richard Wagner at the Staatsoper as well as the presentation of all the symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann was met worldwide with praise; it was recorded on CD and performed in Berlin, Vienna, New York and Tokyo. At the FESTTAGE 2007 Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez performed the complete cycle of symphonies of Gustav Mahler with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Beside the great classic-romantic repertoire, Daniel Barenboim continues to focus on contemporary music. The premiere of Elliot Carter’s only opera What next? took place at the Staatsoper. The Staatskapelle’s concert repertoire regularly includes compositions of Boulez, Rihm, Mundry, Carter and Höller for example. Musicians of the Staatskapelle have been actively involved in setting up a music kindergarten in Berlin that was initiated and founded by Daniel Barenboim in September 2005. In February 2003, Daniel Barenboim, the Staatskapelle and the chorus of the Staatsoper were awarded a Grammy for their recording of Wagner’s Tannhäuser. In March 2003, he and the Staatskapelle were honoured with the Wilhelm-Furtwängler-Preis. In 1999, Daniel Barenboim founded together with the Palestinian literary scholar Edward Said the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra which brings together young musicians from Israel and the Arab countries every summer to play music together. The orchestra seeks to enable dialogue between the various cultures of the Middle East and promote the experience of playing music together. In summer 2005, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra presented a concert of historical significance in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, which was broadcast on television and recorded on DVD. Musicians of the Staatskapelle Berlin have participated as teachers in this project since its foundation. In 2002, Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said were awarded the Príncipe de Asturias Prize in the Spanish town of Oviedo for their peace efforts. In November of the same year, Daniel Barenboim was awarded the Tolerance Prize by the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing as well as Germany’s Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern. In March 2004, Daniel Barenboim was honoured for his work of reconciliation in the Middle East by the Deutscher Koordinierungs-Rat with the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medaille. In May 2004, he was awarded the Israeli Wolf Foundation’s Arts Prize in the Knesset in Jerusalem. In the spring of 2006, Daniel Barenboim was honoured with the "Kulturgroschen,” the highest honour awarded by the Deutscher Kulturrat. In May he received the international Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis in a ceremony at the Musikverein in Vienna. That same month, he won the Peace Prize by the Korn and Gerstenmann Foundation in Frankfurt. Between January and April 2006 Mr Barenboim delivered the BBC Reith Lectures, and in September 2006 he gave six lectures at Harvard University as Charles Eliot Norton Professor. In 2007 he was awarded with the Hessische Friedenspreis and the Goethe-Medal. In the same year he received the honorary doctorate of the University of Oxford and was given "la Cravate de Commandeur dans l'Ordre national de la Légion d'Honneur" by former French President Jacques Chirac. In October 2007, Daniel Barenboim was also awarded with the prize for art and culture “Praemium Imperiale” by the Japanese imperial family. UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, named Daniel Barenboim UN messenger of peace in September 2007.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Daniel Barenboim

CATALOGUE NR: DVSG2001  (barcode: 5450270006755)
RECORD LABEL: TDK
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 03-Mar-2003

TITLE: Gala from Berlin 2001 - Invitation to Dance
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 16:9 anamorph / Sound: DTS 5.1 LPCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 / Region Code: All / Duration: 97 minutes / Recorded: 31-Dec-2001 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 100094  (barcode: 4006680100944)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2001

TITLE: Berliner Luft- New Year's Concert
TRACKS: includes - La ci darem la mano (Mozart). Introduction and Rondo (Saint-Saens). Tahiti Trot (Shostakovich).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Staatskapelle
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Dorothea Roschmann   Rene Pape   Reiner Goldberg   Rosemarie Lang

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 1997 New Year's Day Concert - 53 minutes duration - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 0630141082  (barcode: 0706301410820)
RECORD LABEL: Teldec
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 93 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.55
RELEASE DATE: 10-Feb-1997

COMPOSER: Alban Berg
TITLE: Wozzeck
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Staatskapelle
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Staatskapelle Berlin   Waltraud Meier   Endrik Wottrich   Graham Clark

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'An outstanding performance in every department, especially the orchestra.' Classic CD 5 Star - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564608122  (barcode: 0825646081226)
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 23-Feb-2004

COMPOSER: Alexander Scriabin
TRACKS: Le Poeme de l'extase op.54 Poem of Ecstacy. Symphony No.3 op.43 Le Divin Poeme.
ORCHESTRA: Paris Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: originally released in 1988 - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564698462  (barcode: 0825646984626)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95

COMPOSER: Alexander Scriabin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Birthday Edition: The Conductor
TRACKS: Le Poeme de l'Extase op.54. Symphony No.3 op.43 'Divine Poem' (Scriabin). Siegfried Act 1 (Wagner). Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor (Mahler). Symphony No.1 in B flat op.38 'Spring'. Symphony No.2 in C op.61 (Schumann). Sinfonia concertante in E flat K297b (Mozart). Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67 (Beethoven). Variations on an Original Theme op.36 'Enigma' (Elgar).
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564608022  (barcode: 0825646080229)
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 23-Feb-2004

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in A.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: originally released 1995

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564603302  (barcode: 0825646033027)
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jul-2003

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.7 in E minor.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

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CATALOGUE NR: 5855082  (barcode: 0724358550825)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Gemini
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 20-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Mass No.2 in E minor. Mass No.3 in F minor. Te Deum. Ave Maria. Christus factus est. Locus iste. Os justi. Virga Jesse.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra and New Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim and Wilhelm Pitz
ARTISTS: Heather Harper   Robert Tear   Anna Reynolds   Marius Rintzler

- Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564691748  (barcode: 0825646917488)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Maestro
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95
RELEASE DATE: 06-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in C minor - Haas edition.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

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CATALOGUE NR: 4790320  (barcode: 0028947903208)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
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RELEASE DATE: 09-Apr-2012

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.7 in E.
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564618912  (barcode: 0825646189120)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 9 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.99
RELEASE DATE: 07-Mar-2005

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TITLE: The Nine Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in C minor - Linz version. Symphony No.2 in C minor - 2nd revised version of Nowak Edition. Symphony No.3 in D minor - 1877 version. Symphony No.4 in E flat major - 1878 / 1880 version. Symphony No.5 in B flat major - original version. Symphony No.6 in A major. Symphony No.7 in E major. Symphony No.8 in C minor - Haas version 1939. Symphony No.9 in D minor. Helgoland.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Ernst Senff Chor      

- Penguin Guide 4 star 'these are powerful, concentrated performances, with tension and impact heightened by the fact that all but two of them (Nos. 4 and 7) were recorded live in concert'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4779803  (barcode: 0028947798033)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Collectors Edition
FORMAT: 10 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 41.99
RELEASE DATE: 12-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TITLE: 10 Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony in D minor Nullte. Symphony No.1 in C minor. Te Deum. Symphony No.2 in C minor. Symphony No.3 in D minor. Psalm 150 for soprano chorus and orchestra. Symphony No.4 in E flat major Romantic. Symphony No.5 in B flat major. Symphony No.6 in A major. Helgoland for men's chorus and full orchestra. Symphony No.7 in E major. Symphony No.8 in C minor. Symphony No.9 in D minor.
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Yvonne Minton   Jessye Norman   Samuel Ramey   David Rendall

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1973-1981

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CATALOGUE NR: 5625952  (barcode: 0724356259522)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Perlman Edition
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in A minor op.53. Romance in F minor op.11. Sonatina in G op.100. Four Romantic Pieces op.75.
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Itzhak Perlman   Samuel Sanders    

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5628032  (barcode: 0724356280328)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Artists
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.65
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Jacqueline Du Pre
TRACKS: Celo Concerto in B minor op.104 B191 (Dvorak). Cello Concerto in A minor op.129 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Jacqueline Du Pre      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1970 and 1968 - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4509982562  (barcode: 0745099825621)
RECORD LABEL: Teldec
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 08-May-1995

COMPOSER: Arnold Schoenberg
TRACKS: 5 Orchestral Pieces op.16. Verklarte Nacht 'Transfigured Night' op.4. 3 Klavierstucke op.11. 6 Klavierstucke op.19. 3 Klavierstucke op.11.
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

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CATALOGUE NR: 5650792  (barcode: 0724356507920)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Arnold Schoenberg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Verklarte Nacht - Transfigured Night (Schoenberg). Divertimento (Bartok). Trauermusik (Hindemith).
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Jose-Luis Garcia   John Tunnell   Cecil Aronowitz   Adrian Beers

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564682429  (barcode: 0825646824298)
RECORD LABEL: Apex
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 17-May-2010

COMPOSER: Arnold Schonberg
TRACKS: Verklarte Nacht op.4 for string orchestra. 3 Piano Pieces op.11. 5 Orchestral Pieces op.16 original version. 6 Little Piano Pieces op.19 (arr. Ferruccio Busoni). Piano Piece op.11 No.2 'Konzertmassige Interpretation'.
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Ruben Gonzalez   Joseph Golan   Charles Pikler   John Sharp

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CATALOGUE NR: 3714922  (barcode: 0094637149225)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Gemini
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 02-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Arnold Schonberg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Verklarte Nacht op.4. Pelleas und Melisande op.5. Chamber Symphony for 15 solo instruments op.9 (Schonberg). Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor op.25 (Brahms orch. Schonberg).
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim and Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group      

- Mar-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782719  (barcode: 0028947827191)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 18-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Arnold Schonberg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Variations for Orchestra op.31 (Schonberg). Symphony No.6 in B minor op.74 'Pathetique' (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

- Jun-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2055868  (barcode: 0880242558688)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Astor Piazzolla
TITLE: Tango Argentina
TRACKS: works by - Astor Piazzola / Carlos Gardel / Julio de Caro / Alberto Ginastera / Horacio Salgan.
ORCHESTRA: Buenos Aires Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Daniel Barenboim   Leopoldo Federico   Orquesta Tipica   Junior Cervila

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 96 minutes / Recorded: live in Buenos Aires 31-Dec-2006 / Subtitles: English German French Spanish

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