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About the conductor Seiji Ozawa

Born in 1935 in Shenyang, China, Seiji Ozawa studied music from an early age and later graduated with first prizes in both composition and conducting from Tokyo's Toho School of Music. In 1959 he won first prize at the International Competition of Orchestra Conductors in Besançon, France, where he came to the attention of Charles Munch, then the Boston Symphony music director, who invited him to Tanglewood, where he won the Koussevitzky Prize as outstanding student conductor in 1960. While working with Herbert von Karajan in West Berlin, Mr. Ozawa came to the attention of Leonard Bernstein, who appointed him assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic for the 1961-62 season. He made his first professional concert appearance in North America in January 1962, with the San Francisco Symphony. He was music director of the Ravinia Festival, summer home of the Chicago Symphony (1964-69), music director of the Toronto Symphony (1965-1969) and music director of the San Francisco Symphony (1970-1976). He first conducted the Boston Symphony in 1964 at Tanglewood and made his first winter subscription appearance with them in 1968. He was named Artistic Director of Tanglewood in 1970, Music Director of the Boston Symphony in 1973, leaving a legacy of brilliant achievement evidenced through touring, award-winning recordings (more than 140 works of more than 50 composers on 10 labels), television productions (winning 2 Emmy awards), and commissioned works. In recent years, the many honors and achievements bestowed upon Mr. Ozawa have underscored his esteemed standing in the international music scene. French President Jacques Chirac named him (1999) Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, the Sorbonne (2004) awarded him Doctorate Honoris Causa and he has been honored as "Musician of the Year" by Musical America. February 1998 saw him fulfilling a longtime ambition of joining musicians around the globe: he led the Opening Ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, conducting the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the SKO and six choruses located on five different continents – Japan, Australia, China, Germany, South Africa, and the United States – all linked by satellite. He received Japan's first-ever Inouye Award (1994), named after Japan's pre-eminent novelist, recognizing lifetime achievement in the arts. 1994 also saw the inauguration of the new and acclaimed Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood. Mo. Ozawa also has been awarded honorary degrees from Harvard University, the University of Massachusetts, Wheaton College, and the New England Conservatory of Music.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Seiji Ozawa

CATALOGUE NR: 4474452  (barcode: 0028944744521)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Originals
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 57 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50

COMPOSER: Alban Berg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Violin Concerto 'To the memory of the Angels' (Berg). Violin Concerto in D (Stravinsky). Tzigane (Ravel).
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa and Zubin Mehta
ARTISTS: Itzhak Perlman      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Perlman's performance is above all commanding. The Boston orchestra accompanies superbly and, though the balance favours the soloist, the recording is excellent'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDH55100  (barcode: 0034571151007)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion Helios
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 29-Apr-2002

COMPOSER: Andrzej Panufnik  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 - Sinfonia Votiva (Panufnik). Concerto for Orchestra (Sessions).
ORCHESTRA: Boston Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 8802003  (barcode: 8718247710034)
RECORD LABEL: Newton Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2010

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in G B163 op.88. Symphony No.9 in E minor B178 op.95 'From the New World'. The Noonday Witch B198 op.108. In Nature's Realm B168 op.91.
ORCHESTRA: Wiener Philharmoniker
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1991-1992

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927467272  (barcode: 0809274672728)
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 16-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in B minor B191 op.104 (Dvorak). Variations of a Rococo Theme op.33 (Tchaikovsky).
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

- Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186168  (barcode: 0827949016868)
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-Dec-2010

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Symphony No.9 in E minor op.95 B178 'New World'. Carnival Overture op.92 B169.
ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DSD remastered

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CATALOGUE NR: CD80070  (barcode: 0089408007026)
RECORD LABEL: Telarc
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TITLE: The Four Seasons
TRACKS: Concerto No.1 in E op.8 'Spring' RV269. Concerto No.2 in G minor op.8 'Summer' RV315. No.3 in F op.8 'Autumn' RV293. Concerto No.4 in F minor op.8 'Winter' RV297.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Joseph Silverstein      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782358  (barcode: 0028947823582)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 11 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 33.95
RELEASE DATE: 02-Aug-2010

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Seiji Ozawa - Anniversary
TRACKS: Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta Sz106. Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 (Bartok). Symphonie fantastique (Berlioz). Pavane pour une infante defunte (Ravel). Ceremonial An Autumn Ode. Family Tree. My Way of Life. Requiem pour orchestre a cordes. Air for Flute Solo (Takemitsu). Symphony No.2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (Mahler). Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 (JS Bach transcription Leopold Stokowski). Musikalisches Opfer BWV1079 : Ricercare a 6 (JS Bach trans. Anton Webern). Partita in D minor BWV1004 : Chaconne (JS Bach trans. Hideo Saito). Von Himmel hoch da komm' ich her BWV769 (JS Bach arr. Igor Stravinsky). Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV552 (JS Bach trans. Arnold Schoenberg). Gloria. Concerto for organ strings and percussion in G minor. Concert champetre (Poulenc). Scheherazade. Russian Easter Festival Overture (Rimsky-Korsakov). Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare. Alpensymphonie (Richard Strauss). Symphony No.5 in E minor op.64. 1812 Overture op.49 (Tchaikovsky). Der fliegende Hollander : Overture. Lohengrin : Prelude Act 1. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg : Overture. Tannhauser : Overture. Tristan und Isolde : Prelude. Tristan und Isolde : Liebestod (Wagner). Romeo and Juliet : Fantasy Overture (Tchaikovsky). Romeo and Juliet : selection (Prokofiev). Romeo et Juliette : Scene d'amour (Berlioz). West Side Story : Symphonic Dance (Bernstein).
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa

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CATALOGUE NR: 8802029  (barcode: 8718247710294)
RECORD LABEL: Newton Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TRACKS: Concerto for Orchestra Sz116. The Miraculous Mandarin Sz73 op.19 - complete ballet.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1984

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CATALOGUE NR: 0743060  (barcode: 0044007430606)
RECORD LABEL: Universal
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 10-May-2004

COMPOSER: Carl Orff  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Carmina Burana (Orff). Symphony No.9 in D minor op.125 Choral (Beethoven).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic and Saito Kinen Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Kathleen Battle   Thomas Allen   Frank Lopardo  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC - PAL / Sound Format: DTS 5.1 surround sound

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697689602  (barcode: 0886976896027)
RECORD LABEL: Sony Classical Originals
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.99
RELEASE DATE: 06-Dec-2010

COMPOSER: Carl Orff
TITLE: Carmina burana
TRACKS: O Fortuna. Fortune plango vulnera. Veris leta facies. Omnia sol temperat. Ecce gratum. Tanz. Floret silva. Chramer gip die varwe mir. Reie: Swaz hie gat umbe Chume chum geselle min. Were diu werlt alle min. Estuans interius. Olim lacus colueram. Ego sum abbas. In taberna quando sumus. Amor volat undique. Dies nox et omnia. Stetit puella. Circa mea pectora. Si puer cum puellula. Veni veni venias. In trutina. Tempus est iocundum. Dulcissime. Ave formosissima. O Fortuna.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Evelyn Mandac   Stanley Kolk   Sherill Milnes   New England Conservatory Chorus

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CATALOGUE NR: 4647252  (barcode: 0028946472521)
RECORD LABEL: Philips 50
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 12-Mar-2001

COMPOSER: Carl Orff
TITLE: Carmina Burana
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Edita Gruberova   John Aler   Thomas Hampson  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'This Philips version holds its position near the top of the list..' Penguin Guide - Penguin Guide 4 star 'the Cours d'amours sequence is the highlight of Ozawa's reading, with the soprano, Edita Gruberova, highly seductive; Thomas Hampson's contribution is also impressive'

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CATALOGUE NR: NW80273  (barcode: 0093228027324)
RECORD LABEL: New World
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.25

COMPOSER: Charles Griffes
TRACKS: Three Poems of Fiona Macleod. Four German Songs. Four Impressions. Song of the Dagger. The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan. Three-Tone Pictures.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Sherill Milnes   Phyllis Bryn Julson   Olivia Stapp  

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CATALOGUE NR: CD80652  (barcode: 0089408065224)
RECORD LABEL: Telarc
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2005

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Breathe - The Relaxing Piano
TRACKS: La fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Debussy). Well Tempered Clavier Book I : Prelude in C major (JS Bach). Cinema Paradiso (Morricone). Impromptu No.3 in G flat major (Schubert). Intermezzo in A minor (Brahms). Romance in F major (Brahms). Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Rachmaninov). Traumerei (Strauss). Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467 'Elvira Madigan' : Andante (Mozart). Evita : Don't cry for me Argentina (Lloyd Webber). Gymnopedie No.1 / Var. 1 (Satie). Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach). Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat op.19 : Adagio (Beethoven).
ORCHESTRA: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: David Zinman and Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: John O'Conor   Michael Chertock   Lang Lang   Horacio Gutierrez

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CATALOGUE NR: 5747372  (barcode: 0724357473729)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Encore
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 06-Aug-2001

COMPOSER: Edouard Lalo  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphonie espagnole (Lalo). Zigeunerweisen (Sarasate). Thais - Meditation (Massenet).
ORCHESTRA: French National Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa and Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Anne-Sophie Mutter      

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: OC537  (barcode: 4260034865372)
RECORD LABEL: Oehms
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 17-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in D major op.35. Gesang der Heliane op.20. Vier Stucke op.11. Suite op.23.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Benjamin Schmid   David Fruhwirth   Henri Sigfridson   Silke Avenhaus

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Salzburg Festival 2004

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CATALOGUE NR: 4398972  (barcode: 0028943989725)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TITLE: A Midsummer Night's Dream
TRACKS: A Midsummer Night's Dream opp.21 and 61 - Overture op.21. Scherzo Entr'acte to Act 2. Melodram: 'Over hill over dale' and March of the Elves Act 2. Song with chorus: 'You spotted snakes' Act 2. Entr'acte/Intermezzo Hermia seeks Lysander; Entry of the Rustics: Act 3. Nocturne Act 3. Melodram: 'The Removal of the Spells' Act 4. Wedding March Entr'acte to Act 5. Fanfare and Funeral March Act 5. Bergomask Dance of the Rustics: Act 5. Finale: 'Through the house' Act 5.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Kathleen Battle   Frederica von Stade   Tanglewood Festival Chorus  

- Penguin Guide 4 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4273042  (barcode: 0028942730427)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 19-Mar-1997

COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc
TRACKS: Gloria. Stabat mater.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Kathleen Battle   Tanglewood Festival Chorus    

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CATALOGUE NR: 4455672  (barcode: 0028944556728)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 20-Nov-1995

COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc
TRACKS: Gloria. Concerto for Organ Strings and Timpani in G minor. Concert champetre - harpsichord and orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Kathleen Battle   Simon Preston   Trevor Pinnock  

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CATALOGUE NR: 4235712  (barcode: 0028942357129)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-2000

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in E flat S124. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in A S125. Totentanz - piano and orchestra S126.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Krystian Zimerman      

- Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4779697  (barcode: 0028947796978)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 19-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt
TITLE: Liszt
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in E flat S124. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in A S125. Totentanz - piano and orchestra S126. Sonata for Piano in B minor S178. Nuages gris S199. Funeral Odes - La notte S699. Lugubre gondola S200 2nd version. Harmonies poetiques et religieuses S173 No.7 Funerailles.
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Krystian Zimerman      

- Feb-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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