Artur Rodzinski

Artur Rodziński (2 January 1892 – 27 November 1958) was a Polish and American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with the Philadelphia Orchestra. This engagement led to Rodziński becoming music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He also prepared the NBC Symphony Orchestra for Arturo Toscanini before the Italian conductor's debut with them. A dispute in Chicago led to Rodziński's dismissal in 1948, whereupon he shifted his career to Europe, eventually settling in Italy, although continuing to maintain a home in Lake Placid, New York. In November 1958, beset by heart disease, he made his professional return to the United States for the first time in a decade, conducting acclaimed performances of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Exhausted, he checked into Massachusetts General Hospital where he died 11 days later.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 - Weinberger: Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree (2023 Remastered Version) - 2023-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Artur Rodzinski conducts Richard Strauss in Stereo - 2023-06-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 & Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191 - 2022-02-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Das Lied von der Erde - 2021-11-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH. 35 - 2021-04-23T00:00:00.000000Z

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