

In 1999 EMI brought out a live Brahms Symphony cycle with Sergiu Celibidache conducting the Munich Philharmonic. What convinces about these unconventionally broad and decidedly

The Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 is the best of this lot. It boasts warm, full sound and highly alert playing. Celibidache employs what must be

Sergiu Celibidache felt a particular spiritual affinity with the symphonies of Anton Bruckner. They constituted the core of his repertoire, and he had very strong

In Debussy’s Nocturnes Sergiu Celibidache lets the clouds of Nuages drift by at a dreamily slow pace, conjuring up a lazy summer afternoon, while he

Control was Sergiu Celibidache’s strength and weakness. He had a remarkable ability, even genius for conveying his innermost desires to the orchestras he conducted, calibrating
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