For a precious handful of concert seasons, Klaus Tennstedt (1926-1998) dominated the orchestral scene on London’s South Bank. As principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra between 1983 ...

Does Chicago really need to hear another conductor leading a Mahler symphony with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra? If that conductor happens to be Klaus Tennstedt, the answer must be a resounding yes.

To import a German conductor to play Bruckner with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra might be considered the musical equivalent of bringing coals to Newcastle. But just as Klaus Tennstedt the previous ...

Sometimes, a convenient figure of speech is the only recourse: "What goes around, comes around." There I was, scanning through the current issue of Fanfare CD review magazine, and - good grief - it's ...

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR/Klaus Tennstedt, ICA Classics ICAC 5090 **** Klaus Tennstedt abandoned his career in the German Democratic Republic in 1971, when he defected to the West. He ...

In 2020 BBC Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats from the past and the present in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

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