Giulini dies

by Chris Bertram on June 16, 2005

Giulini’s recording of The Marriage of Figaro was, I think, the first opera CD I ever bought. It remains one of my better choices. He died the other day at 91, and “there’s an obit in the Guardian”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1507333,00.html .

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Vance Maverick 06.16.05 at 5:21 am

I first started going to the symphony in Los Angeles, in the late ’70s, during his tenure there. So I have him to thank for many formative musical memories. And since then, I’ve cherished various of his recordings (for example, the Bruckner 7th). I’ll miss him!

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Anna in Cairo 06.16.05 at 8:34 am

As usual, opera lover and compassionate libertarian “Arthur Silber”:http://coldfury.com/reason/?p=685 wrote a beautiful post on Giulini as well.

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Alex S. 06.16.05 at 9:25 am

I’ve long enjoyed his recording of Mozart’s 40th and 41st symphonies. Sad news indeed.

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Nicholas Mycroft 06.16.05 at 9:46 am

after Kleiber’s recent passing, this marks the end of an era. anyone with an interest in classical music should hear at least a few of Giulini’s records. suggestions:

Le nozze di Figaro; Philharmonia Orch. et al (EMI)

Berlioz – Romeo and Juliet – excerpts; Brahms 4th; Stravinsky – Firebird – and – Petrushka – suites; Chicago Symph. (available as part of “The Chicago Recordings” on EMI)

Bruckner 9th; Vienna Philharmonic (DG)

Verdi Requiem; Philharmonia et al (EMI)

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c++guy 06.16.05 at 10:11 am

I love his Rigoletto with Domingo, maybe I’ll put that on right now.

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josh 06.17.05 at 6:24 am

When I first glanced at the title of this post, I mentally inserted an ‘a’ in the name, and was surprised. Then I realised my mistake, and was saddened.
There’s a long obit in the LA Times, not surprisingly focussing on Giulini’s tenure at Los Angeles:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-061505giulini_lat,0,73935,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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Thomas 06.18.05 at 11:32 pm

I heard Giulini the first time live in Zurich conducting Dvorak Seventh. He managed to bring out from the local orchestra a beautiful sonority, which was, indeed, his trademark “Giulini sound”. Later I heard him in Tokyo with the Vienna Symphony, Brahms First, and then in New York’s Carnegie Hall the Verdi Requiem with the LA Philharmonic, Renata Scotto and Veriano Luchetti, and the Brahms Requiem with Battle. The latter two concerts remain unforgettable in my memory. He was a most impressive personality on the podium reflecting what he must have been in private life.

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