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Ferdinand Leitner
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Ferdinand Leitner

Born 4 Mar 1912Died 3 Jun 1996Germany33 albums

German composer and conductor (1912-1996)

Biography

Ferdinand Leitner (4 March 1912 in Berlin – 3 June 1996 in Zürich) was a German conductor. Leitner studied under Franz Schreker, Julius Prüwer, Artur Schnabel and Karl Muck. He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. Starting as a pianist, through the help of Fritz Busch, he became a conductor in the 1930s. He was conductor of the Nollendorfplatz Theater in Berlin from 1943 to 1945; in Hanover from 1945 to 1946; in Munich from 1946 to 1947; and the general music director of the Württemberg State Opera house (German "Staatstheater Stuttgart") in Stuttgart from 1947 until 1969. To honour him, the city of Stuttgart has named a pedestrian bridge, that connects the Upper part (where the Staatstheater is located) and the Central part of the "Schlossgarten" (castle) park, after him (Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg). He is famous as a conductor of opera, his favourite composers being Wagner, Richard Strauss, Mozart, and twentieth-century composers Carl Orff and Karl Amadeus Hartmann. He succeeded Erich Kleiber in 1956 as conductor for the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. From 1976 to 1980, he worked in The Hague as principal conductor of Het Residentie Orkest. Among his more than 300 recordings...

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People

Teachers

Robert Kahn

Students

Bernard HaitinkconductingChristoph Adt

Songs recorded

  1. Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna4 versions
  2. Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: Introduction2 versions
  3. Carmina Burana: Blanziflor Et Helena: Ave Formosissima2 versions
  4. Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune Plango Vulnera2 versions
  5. Carmina Burana: I. Primo Vere: Ecce Gratum2 versions
  6. Carmina Burana: I. Primo Vere: Omnia Sol Temperat2 versions
  7. Carmina Burana: I. Primo Vere: Veris Leta Facies2 versions
  8. Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: Ego Sum Abbas2 versions
  9. Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: Estuans Interius2 versions
  10. Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: In Taberna Quando Sumus2 versions
  11. Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: Olim Lacus Colueram2 versions
  12. Serenade no. 7 in D major, K. 250 "Haffner": Andante2 versions
  13. Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 97: Lebhaft2 versions
  14. 3. Rondo. Vivace (Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58 - Cadenzas: Wilhelm Kempff)
  15. Alcina HWV 34: Tornami a vagheggiar
  16. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Aria. Di te mi rido, semplice stolto
  17. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Aria. Di' cor mio
  18. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Aria. La bocca vaga
  19. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Aria. O s'apre al riso
  20. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Aria. Semplicetto! a donna credi?
  21. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Aria. Tornami a vagheggiar
  22. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Aria. È gelosia, forza è d'amore
  23. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Ballet: No. 1, Gavotte I
  24. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Ballet: No. 3, Menuet
  25. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Ballet: No. 4, Gavotte II
  26. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Chorus. Questo è il cielo de' contenti
  27. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. A quai strani perigli
  28. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. Ah, infedele, infedel!
  29. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. Ecco l'infido
  30. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. La cerco invano
  31. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. Mi ravvisi, Ruggier
  32. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. Oh Dei! Quivi non scorgo
  33. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. Qua dunque
  34. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Recit. Se nemico mi fossi
  35. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Accompagnato. Ah! Ruggiero crudel
  36. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Ah! mio cor!
  37. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Ama, sospira, ma non t'offende
  38. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. E' un folle, è un vil affetto
  39. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Mi lusinga il dolce affetto
  40. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Mio bel tesoro
  41. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Ombre pallide
  42. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Pensa a chi geme
  43. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Verdi prati
  44. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Aria. Vorrei vendicarmi del perfido cor
  45. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Arioso. Col celarvi a chi v'ama un momento
  46. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Arioso. Qual portento mi richiama
  47. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. Atlante, dove sei?
  48. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. Chi scuopre al mio pensiero
  49. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. Eccomi
  50. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. Non scorgo
  51. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. Or, che dici
  52. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. Qual odio
  53. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. Regina, sei tradita!
  54. Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Recit. S'acquieti il rio sospetto
  55. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Aria. Credete al mio dolore
  56. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Aria. Ma quando tornerai
  57. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Aria. Mi restano le lagrime
  58. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Aria. Non è amor, né gelosia
  59. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Aria. Sta nell' Ircana pietrosa tana
  60. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Aria. Un momento di contento
  61. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Chorus. Dall'orror di notte cieca
  62. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Chorus. Sin per le vie del sole
  63. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Entrée
  64. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. Dopo tante amare pene
  65. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. Le lusinghe
  66. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. M'inganna, me n'avveggo
  67. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. Molestissimo
  68. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. Niuna forza
  69. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. Prendi, e vivi
  70. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. Tutta d'armate squadre
  71. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Recit. Voglio amare
  72. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Sinfonia
  73. Alcina, HWV 34, Act III: Tamburino
  74. Alcina, HWV 34: Overture: II. Musette
  75. Alcina, HWV 34: Overture: III. Menuet
  76. Alcina, HWV 34: Overture: Ia. Grave
  77. Alcina, HWV 34: Overture: Ib. Allegro
  78. Alcina: Verdi prati
  79. Alcina: “Mi restano le lagrime”
  80. Allegro Moderato for 4 String Quartets in D minor
  81. Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung
  82. Antigonae: I. "Bedenke, Schwester, wie der Vater, von uns"
  83. Antigonae: I. "Gemeinsamschwesterliches! O Ismenes Haut!"
  84. Antigonae: I. "Ihr Männer, wär's die Stadt allen"
  85. Antigonae: I. "Mein König, diesmal plaudr' ich nicht"
  86. Antigonae: I. "Mein König, lange rät, es möchte göttlich"
  87. Antigonae: I. "O Blick der Sonne, du schönster"
  88. Antigonae: I. "Und schlimme Worte fuhren drcheinander"
  89. Antigonae: I. "Zwischenspiel"
  90. Antigonae: II. "Aber jetzt kommt aus dem Tor Ismene"
  91. Antigonae: II. "Die ist's. Die hat's getan"
  92. Antigonae: II. "Du also, die zur Erde neigt das Haupt"
  93. Antigonae: II. "Du weißt doch wohl, daß allzuspröde Sprach'"
  94. Antigonae: II. "Ungeheuer ist viel"
  95. Antigonae: III. "Als wie von Gott, himmlisch kommt die Besinnung"
  96. Antigonae: III. "Bald haben wohl, o Sohn, mehr als die Seher"
  97. Antigonae: III. "Geist der Liebe, dennoch Sieger"
  98. Antigonae: III. "Glückselige solcher Zeit, da man nicht schmeckt das Übel"
  99. Antigonae: III. "Jetzt aber komm' ich eben selber"
  100. Antigonae: III. "Mein König, billig ist es, wenn er an der Zeit spricht"
  101. Antigonae: III. "O Grab! O Brautbett!"
  102. Antigonae: IV. "Der Leib auch Danaes musste"
  103. Antigonae: IV. "Der Mann, mein König, ging viel prophezeiend"
  104. Antigonae: IV. "Ihr Fürsten Thebes! Miteinander kommen"
  105. Antigonae: IV. "O Alter! Alle, wie auf eines Schützen Ziel"
  106. Antigonae: IV. "O des Landes Thebes Vaterliche Stadt"
  107. Antigonae: V. "Ich, liebe Frau, sag' es, als Augenzeuge"
  108. Antigonae: V. "Io! Unsinnige Sinne!"
  109. Antigonae: V. "Namenschopfer, der du von den Wassern, welche Kadmos"
  110. Antigonae: V. "O all ihr Bürger! Eine Rede merkt' ich"
  111. Antigonae: V. "O ihr des Kadmos Nachbarn und Amphios"
  112. Antigonae: V. "Um Vieles ist das Denken mehr"
  113. Antigonae: V. "Weh! Weh! Weh! Weh! Mich beflügelt die Furcht"
  114. Antigonae: V. "Wie nimmst du dies? Die Frau ging wieder weg"
  115. BWV 243, Magnificat in D-Dur: II. Arie "Et exsultavit spiritus meus" (rec 1949)
  116. BWV 243, Magnificat in D-Dur: III. Arie "Quia respexit humilitatem" (rec 1949)
  117. BWV 243, Magnificat in D-Dur: IV. Arie "Quia fecit mihi magna" (rec 1949)
  118. BWV 243, Magnificat in D-Dur: IX. Chor "Suscepit Israel" (rec 1949)
  119. BWV 243, Magnificat in D-Dur: V. Duett "Et misericordia" (rec 1949)
  120. BWV 243, Magnificat in D-Dur: VI. Chor "Fecit potentiam" (rec 1949)

Albums

Tristan et Isolde (Extraits)
Tristan et Isolde (Extraits)Richard Wagner; Astrid Varnay, Hertha Töpper, Margarete Klose, Kim Borg, Wolfgang Windgassen, Ferdinand Leitner, Orchestre national du Wurtemberg · 1957
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37Ludwig van Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner, Wilhelm Kempff · 1962
Concerto N° 5 Pour Piano Et Orchestre
Concerto N° 5 Pour Piano Et OrchestreBeethoven; Wilhelm Kempff, Ferdinand Leitner - Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin · 1963
Beethoven Edition: Konzerte / I concerti
Beethoven Edition: Konzerte / I concertiLudwig van Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Ferdinand Leitner, Ferenc Fricsay, Herbert von Karajan, Pierre Fournier, Anda Géza, Wilhelm Kempff, Christian Ferras & Wolfgang Schneiderhan · 1970
Carmina Burana
Carmina BuranaCarl Orff; Ruth-Margret Pütz, Michael Cousins, Barry McDaniel, Roland Hermann, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Tölzer Knabenchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Ferdinand Leitner · 1974
5 Klavierkonzerte
5 KlavierkonzerteLudwig van Beethoven; Wilhelm Kempff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner · 1987
Concertos for Piano Nos. 3, 4
Concertos for Piano Nos. 3, 4Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner, Wilhelm Kempff · 1987
Piano Concerto no. 5 / Piano Sonata no. 32, op. 111
Piano Concerto no. 5 / Piano Sonata no. 32, op. 111Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner, Wilhelm Kempff · 1987
Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Piano Concertos 1 & 2Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner, Wilhelm Kempff · 1987
Klavierkonzerte Nr 23 A-dur, KV 488 / Nr. 24 c-moll, KV 491
Klavierkonzerte Nr 23 A-dur, KV 488 / Nr. 24 c-moll, KV 491Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Wilhelm Kempff, Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner · 1988
Doktor Faust
Doktor FaustFerruccio Busoni; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Christian Kohn, William Cochran, Ferdinand Leitner · 1989
Eder: Orgelkonzert / Bruckner: Symphonie d-moll
Eder: Orgelkonzert / Bruckner: Symphonie d-mollEder, Bruckner; Ludwig Doerr, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferdinand Leitner · 1992
Geschwinde, Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde BWV 201 / Non sa che sia dolore BWV 209
Geschwinde, Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde BWV 201 / Non sa che sia dolore BWV 209Johann Sebastian Bach;Eva Csapó, Patrizia Kwella, Isabelle Poulenard, Jean Nirouët, Paul Elliott, Hein Meens, Michael Schopper, David Thomas, Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde & Ferdinand Leitner · 1992
Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, I
Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, IHindemith, Weill, Pfitzner, Busoni; William Steinberg, David Atherton, Ferdinand Leitner · 1993
Klavierkonzerte Nos. 4 & 5
Klavierkonzerte Nos. 4 & 5Beethoven; Wilhelm Kempff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner · 1995
Magnificat / Kantage »Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern«
Magnificat / Kantage »Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern«Johann Sebastian Bach; Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner, Fritz Lehmann · 1995
Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed EuridiceChristoph Willibald Gluck, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Elisabeth Söderström, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Cappella Coloniensis & Ferdinand Leitner · 1995
Zar und Zimmermann
Zar und ZimmermannAlbert Lortzing; Horst Günter, Alfred Pfeifle, Gustav Neidlinger, Ellinor Junker-Giesen, Therese Anders, Walther Ludwig, Chor und Orchester der Württembergischen Staatstheater Stuttgart, Ferdinand Leitner · 1995
The Complete Concertos, Volume 1
The Complete Concertos, Volume 1Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner, Wilhelm Kempff · 1998
Julius Caesar
Julius CaesarHandel; Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Lucia Popp, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner · 1999
Klavierkonzerte nos. 8, 23 & 24
Klavierkonzerte nos. 8, 23 & 24Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Wilhelm Kempff, Ferdinand Leitner · 1999
Symphonies Nos. 66, 90, 91, 92 and 98
Symphonies Nos. 66, 90, 91, 92 and 98Joseph Haydn; Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde & Ferdinand Leitner · 2000
Bruckner: Symphony no. 6; Hartmann: Symphony no. 6
Bruckner: Symphony no. 6; Hartmann: Symphony no. 6Anton Bruckner & Karl Amadeus Hartmann; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg conducted by Ferdinand Leitner · 2002
Catulli Carmina / Trionfo di Afrodite
Catulli Carmina / Trionfo di AfroditeCarl Orff; WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Ferdinand Leitner · 2003
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger von NürnbergWagner; Neidlinger, Kónya, Unger, Watson, Alexander, Ferdinand Leitner · 2003
Tamerlano
TamerlanoGeorge Frideric Handel; Ferdinand Leitner, Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke, Cappella Coloniensis, Franz Mazura, Helen Donath, Kieth Engen, Raili Kostia, Kari Nurmela · 2015
Haydn: Symphonies no.100 In G major, Hob.1:100 – “Military”; no.102 In B flat major, Hob.1:102 / Brahms: Variations on A Theme by Haydn, op. 56a
Haydn: Symphonies no.100 In G major, Hob.1:100 – “Military”; no.102 In B flat major, Hob.1:102 / Brahms: Variations on A Theme by Haydn, op. 56aHaydn, Brahms; Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner · 2016
Piano Concertos nos. 8 & 24 / Piano Sonata no. 11 / Fantasia no. 3
Piano Concertos nos. 8 & 24 / Piano Sonata no. 11 / Fantasia no. 3Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Wilhelm Kempff, Bamberger Symphoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner · 2016
Symphonies Nos. 2 et 3 « Rhénane »
Symphonies Nos. 2 et 3 « Rhénane »Robert Schumann; The Cleveland Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner · 2022
Alcina
AlcinaHandel; Fritz Wunderlich, Nicola Monti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Jeannette van Dijck, Thomas Hemsley, Cappella Coloniensis, Ferdinand Leitner
Figaros Hochzeit
Figaros HochzeitWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Maria Stader, Rita Streich, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Walter Berry, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor”
Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor”Ludwig van Beethoven; Bruno Leonardo Gelber, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner
Violin Concerto in D, op. 61
Violin Concerto in D, op. 61Beethoven; London Symphony Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner, Toshiya Eto

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