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Erich Leinsdorf

conductor

Austria • 1912-02-04 – 1993-09-11

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Biography

Erich Leinsdorf (born Erich Landauer; February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. He also published books and essays on musical matters.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

2,774 releases · 397 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 3,228
  • Other credits · 135

Studios: Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma · Symphony Hall, Boston · RCA Studios, Rome · Walthamstow Assembly Hall

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Mozart
  • Beethoven
  • Puccini
  • Brahms
  • Wagner
  • Tchaikovsky
  • Prokofieff

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