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Kurt Sanderling
conductor
Orzysz, Poland · 1912-09-19 – 2011-09-18
Kurt Sanderling is credited on 1,420 releases across 216 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,420
Credits
216
Albums
8
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
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Born September 19, 1912 in Arys, died September 18, 2011 in Berlin. German conductor of Jewish origin.
He left Germany in 1936, three years after the Nazis came to power, and moved to Stalinꞌs Russia. He relocated to East Germany in 1960. He was permitted to travel to the West, and from 1970, he started recording and giving concerts in the UK and USA. He was awarded the British C.B.E. in 2002. Father of musicians Thomas Sanderling, Michael Sanderling and Stefan Sanderling.
Chief conductor of the East German Berliner Sinfonie Orchester, 1960-1977.
Chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, 1964-1967.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,420 releases · 216 albums · active 1952–2024
- Performance · 1,519
- Other credits · 32
Studios: Studio Christuskirche, Berlin · Herkulessaal, München · Studio Lukaskirche, Dresden · Schauspielhaus Berlin
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Beethoven
- Brahms
- Jean Sibelius
- Sviatoslav Richter
- Tchaikovsky
- Gustav Mahler
- Ludwig van Beethoven
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