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Sergiu Celibidache (; 14 August 1996) was a Romanian
Sergiu Celibidache was born on 28 June 1912 to Demostene Celebidachi, a cavalry officer of the Romanian army and later prefect of the Iași region and Maria Celebidachi (née Brăteanu), in Roman, a small city in the
Sergiu Celibidache
Retrieved 31 August 2012.EMI Classics. Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996)
Biography
Retrieved 31 August 2012. He grew up in Iași, where his family soon moved after his birth.Biography
/ref> He was already improvising at the piano by the age of four, and after a traditional schooling in mathematics, philosophy and music in Iași, was sent by his father to
From 1945 to 1952 Celibidache was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. He got his big break shortly after the end of World War II in tragic circumstances: Leo Borchard, who was cleared to conduct by the American forces, was shot during a nocturnal car ride, and no other de-Nazified conductors were available. But he fought selflessly to have
His late career was over-shadowed by sexist and discriminatory behaviour that came to light during a 12-year legal battle during his tenure at the
Celibidache's approach to music-making is often described more by what he did not do instead of what he did. For example, much has been made of Celibidache's "refusal" to make recordings even though almost all of his concert activity actually was recorded with many released posthumously by major labels such as EMI and Deutsche Grammophon with the consent of his family. Nevertheless, Celibidache paid little attention to making these recordings, which he viewed merely as by-products of his orchestral concerts.
Celibidache's focus was instead on creating, during each concert, the optimal conditions for what he called a "transcendent experience". Aspects of
located online here
(Retrieved 1 September 2012). * 1992: Honorary Member of the
A collection of anecdotes revealing Sergiu Celibidache's personality
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conductor
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, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania
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, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over five decades, including tenures as principal conductor of the Munich Philharmonic
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, Berlin Philharmonic, Sicilian Symphony Orchestra and several other European orchestras. Later in life, he taught at Mainz University in Germany and the Curtis Institute of Music
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, Pennsylvania
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Celibidache frequently refused to release his performances on commercial recordings during his lifetime, claiming that a listener could not have a "transcendental experience" outside the concert hall. Many of the recordings of his performances were released posthumously. He has nonetheless earned international acclaim for his interpretations of the classical repertoire and was known for a spirited performance style informed by his study and experiences in Zen Buddhism
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. He is regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century.
Early life and education
Sergiu Celibidache was born on 28 June 1912 to Demostene Celebidachi, a cavalry officer of the Romanian army and later prefect of the Iași region and Maria Celebidachi (née Brăteanu), in Roman, a small city in the Moldavia
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region of Romania, where his father was a government official.Naxos – Sergiu Celibidache (BiographySergiu Celibidache
Retrieved 31 August 2012.EMI Classics. Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996)
Biography
Retrieved 31 August 2012. He grew up in Iași, where his family soon moved after his birth.Biography
/ref> He was already improvising at the piano by the age of four, and after a traditional schooling in mathematics, philosophy and music in Iași, was sent by his father to
Bucharest
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and then to Paris
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, where he continued his studies. His father had expected him to pursue a political career in Romania, but in 1936 Celibidache enrolled in the Hochschule für Musik (Academy of Music) in Berlin (German authorities erroneously changed his surname from Celebidachi to Celibidache, the form he retained), where he studied composition with Heinz Tiessen and conducting with Kurt Thomas, Walter Gmeindl and Fritz Stein. He continued with doctoral studies at the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), where he studied philosophy with Nicolai Hartmann and Eduard Spranger
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and musicology with Arnold Schering Arnold Schering (2 April 1877 in Breslau, German Empire – 7 March 1941 in Berlin) was a German musicologist.
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and Georg Schünemann
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Life
Born in Berlin, Schünemann, the son of a rector, was awarded a doctorate after studying music in 1907 with his dissertation on the ''history of conducting''. ...
. He submitted a dissertation on Josquin des Prez and received his degree in 1944. Throughout the 1940s, he accompanied and was romantically involved with Romanian-born dancer and choreographer Iris Barbura. During his studies in Berlin, Celibidache was introduced to Zen Buddhism
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by his teacher Martin Steinke, and Buddhism informed Celibidache's worldview and work for the rest of his life. In a 1986 interview, he said, "I was born a Christian Orthodox, and studied philosophy, but I still couldn't find solutions to my problems. It was through Steinke that I found ..the way of Zen. All I can say is that without Zen I couldn't have known this strange principle that the beginning is the end. Music is nothing but the materialization of this principle."
Career
From 1945 to 1952 Celibidache was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. He got his big break shortly after the end of World War II in tragic circumstances: Leo Borchard, who was cleared to conduct by the American forces, was shot during a nocturnal car ride, and no other de-Nazified conductors were available. But he fought selflessly to have Wilhelm Furtwängler
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(a great influence on Celibidache) reinstated as orchestra leader, and from 1947 to 1952 they shared the responsibilities of conducting the Philharmonic. Celibidache later worked with radio orchestras in Stockholm, Stuttgart and Paris
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. He also worked in Britain in the late 1940s and 1950s, due partly to the promotional efforts of the pianist Eileen Joyce and her partner, an artists' agent. Joyce said that Celibidache was the greatest conductor she had ever worked with: "he was the only one who got inside my soul". In 1970 he was awarded Denmark
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's Sonning Award
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. From 1979 until his death he was music director of the Munich Philharmonic
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. He regularly taught at Hochschule für Musik Mainz in Germany and in 1984 taught at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. Teaching was a major focus throughout his life and his courses were frequently open to all without fee. Among his notable students are Konrad von Abel, Françoys Bernier, Rony Rogoff
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He appeared in the film '' Ambassadors of Music'' (1952), conducting the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven
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overture.
Later years
His late career was over-shadowed by sexist and discriminatory behaviour that came to light during a 12-year legal battle during his tenure at the Munich Philharmonic
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with trombonist Abbie Conant
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. Celibidache claimed Conant lacked the "necessary strength" and "emotional empathy" to lead the trombone section. On his orders, she was forced to sit in the second chair and was paid less than her male colleagues on grounds of her gender. Celibidache was not invited to give testimony at the trials due to lack of substantiated criticism. The courts found in favour of Conant as Celibidache "could not justify his complaint with facts". An appeal on the decision failed, and Conant was paid the same as her male colleagues.
Celibidache died at the age of 84 on 14 August 1996 at La Neuville-sur-Essonne, near Paris
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. He was buried in the Cimetière de Neuville sur Essonne.
Performance style
Celibidache's approach to music-making is often described more by what he did not do instead of what he did. For example, much has been made of Celibidache's "refusal" to make recordings even though almost all of his concert activity actually was recorded with many released posthumously by major labels such as EMI and Deutsche Grammophon with the consent of his family. Nevertheless, Celibidache paid little attention to making these recordings, which he viewed merely as by-products of his orchestral concerts.
Celibidache's focus was instead on creating, during each concert, the optimal conditions for what he called a "transcendent experience". Aspects of Zen Buddhism
Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...
, such as '' ichi-go ichi-e'', strongly influenced his thinking. He believed that transcendental experiences were extremely unlikely to ensue when listening to recorded music, so he eschewed them. As a result, some of his concerts did provide audiences with exceptional and sometimes life-altering experiences, including, for example, a 1984 concert in Carnegie Hall by the Orchestra of the Curtis Institute that New York Times critic John Rockwell described as the best of his 25 years of concert-going.
Celibidache was well known for his demands for extensive rehearsal time with orchestras. An oft-mentioned feature of many of his later concerts, captured in the live recordings of them, is a slower tempo than what is considered the norm, while in fast passages (especially in his earlier performances) his tempi often exceeded metronome markings by far. In Celibidache's own view, however, criticism of a recording's tempo is irrelevant, as it is not (and cannot be) a critique of the performance but rather of a transcription of it, without the ambience of the moment, for him, a key factor in any musical performance. As Celibidache explained, the acoustic space in which one hears a concert directly affects the likelihood of the emergence of his sought-after transcendent experience. The acoustic space within which one hears a recording of one of his performances, on the other hand, has no impact on the performance, as it is impossible for the acoustic features of that space to stimulate musicians to play slower or faster.
That his recorded performances differ so widely from the majority of other recordings has led them to be seen by some as collectors' items rather than mainstream releases and 'one-offs' rather than reference recordings.
Personal life
In 1965, Celibidache married Ioana Procopie Dumitrescu. They had one son, Sergiu Ioan Celibidache ("Serge"), born 19 June 1968.Discography
Notable releases have been his Munich performances ofBeethoven
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, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Robert Schumann, Johann Sebastian Bach
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, Gabriel Fauré and a series of live performances with the London Symphony Orchestra
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and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra:
* 1945: Debussy/Roussel: ''Petite Suites'', with Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)
* 1945: Prokofiev: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Prokofiev Symphony in D major, Op. 25 “Classical” (HMV C 3729-30) 78 rpm
* 1948: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 LPO (Decca AK 2036-41 78 rpm)
* 1949: Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (Decca AK 2197-9 78 rpm)
* 1951: Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (Decca LXT 2558)
* 1951: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 LPO (Decca LXT 2545)
* 1969: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 LPO (Decca Eclipse ECM 833)
* 1985: Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Electrecord)
* 1988: Mendelssohn: Sinfonia N. 4 "Italian"; Dvořák: ''Sinfonia N. 9 Dal Nuovo Mondo'' (Frequenz)
* 1990: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Nutcracker Suite (London)
* 1991: Mozart: Requiem; Vivaldi: Stabat Mater (Arkadia)
* 1991: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"; Roméo et Juliette (Arkadia)
* 1994: Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Haydn Variations, Op. 56a (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* 1994: Brahms: Symphony Nos. 3 & 4 (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* 1994: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Andromeda)
* 1994: Mozart: Grand Mass, K. 427 (Cetra)
* 1995: Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 2 & 4 (Nas)
* 1997: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 4 & 5 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Debussy: ''La Mer''; Iberia (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Haydn: Symphony Nos 103 & 104 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Mozart: Symphony No. 40; Haydn: "Oxford Symphony" (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Ravel: ''Ma Mère l'Oye''; ''Bolero'', ''Le tombeau de Couperin''; ''Alborada del Gracioso'' (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* 1997: ''S. Celibidache Conducts Beethoven & Brahms'' (Tahra)
* 1997: Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Tchaikovsky: ''Romeo and Juliet Fantasy''–Overture; Mussorgsky: ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1997: ''The Young Celibidache'', Vol. II (Tahra)
* 1997: Wagner: ''Orchestral Music'' (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1998: Bruckner 3 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1998: Bruckner 4 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1998: Bruckner 6 (EMI Classics)
* 1998: Bruckner 7; Te Deum (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1998: Bruckner 8 (EMI Classics)
* 1998: Bruckner 9 in Concert and Rehearsal (EMI Classics)
* 1998: Bruckner: Mass in F minor (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1998: Bruckner: Symphonies No. 3-9; Mass in F minor, Te Deum (EMI Classics)
* 1998: Shostakovich: Symphonie No. 7 (Magic Talent)
* 1999: Beethoven: Symphonies No. 2 & 4 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1999: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1999: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; ''Leonore'' (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1999: Brahms: ''Ein deutsches Requiem'' (Audiophile Classics)
* 1999: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1999: Brahms: Symphony No. 1; ''Ein deutsches Requiem'' (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1999: Celibidache Conducts Beethoven 7 & 8 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1999: Mussorgsky: ''Pictures at an Exhibition''; Stravinsky: ''The Fairy's Kiss Suite'' (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 1999: Prokofiev: Scythian Suite; Symphony No. 5 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 1999: Rimsky-Korsakov: ''Sheherazade''; Stravinsky: ''The Firebird Suite'' (Version 1923) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 1999: Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Brahms: ''Haydn Variations'' (EMI Music Distribution)
* 1999: ''Sergiu Celebidache (Box)'' (No Noise)
* 1999: Strauss: ''Don Juan''; ''Tod und Verklärung''; Respighi: ''Pini di Roma'' (Rehearsals) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 1999: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 Op. 17 "Piccola Russia"; Dvořák: Concerto Op. 104 (Urania)
* 1999: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2; Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (Arkadia)
* 2000: Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Mozart: Symphony No. 25 (Urania)
* 2000: Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3–5 (Box Set) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2000: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2000: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2000: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (Rehearsal) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2000: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5; Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2000: Franck: Symphony in D; Hindemith: ''Mathis der Mahler'' (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2000: Richard Strauss: ''Till Eulenspiegel''; ''Don Juan''; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2000: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"; Tchaikovsky: ''Nutcracker Suite'' (Aura Classics)
* 2000: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2001: ''Sergiu Celibidache'' (Classica d'Oro)
* 2001: ''Sergiu Celibidache et la Philharmonie de Berlin'' (Tahra)
* 2001: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" (Classica d'Oro)
* 2002: Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5; Violin Concerto No. 1 (Classica d'Oro)
* 2003: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"; Bizet: Symphony in C (Archipel)
* 2004: Bach: Mass in B minor (EMI Classics)
* 2004: Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3–5, 7–9 ox Set(Deutsche Grammophon)
* 2004: ''Celibidache Conducts Milhaud & Roussel'' (EMI Music Distribution)
* 2004: ''Celibidache Plays Mozart's Requiem'' (EMI Classics)
* 2004: Fauré: Requiem; Stravinsky: ''Symphony of Psalms'' ive(EMI Music Distribution)
* 2004: Overtures by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Smetana & Strauss (EMI Music Distribution)
* 2004: Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5 (EMI Music Distribution)
* 2004: Rimsky-Korsakov: ''Scheherazade'' (EMI Music Distribution)
* 2004: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' (Pickwick)
* 2006: Celibidache: ''Der Taschengarten'' (Universal Classics & Jazz)
* 2006: Celibidache: The Complete EMI Edition imited Edition ox Set(EMI Classics)
* 2006: Sergiu Celibidache: ''Lesen & Hören'' D+Book* 2007: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"; Overture Leonre III (Archipel)
* 2007: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
* 2007: Schumann: Symphony No. 4; Mussorgsky: ''Pictures at an Exhibition''
* 2008: ''Sergiu Celibedache Conducts Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester'' (Orfeo)
* n.d.: Anton Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8; Brahms: ''Haydn Variations'', Op. 56 (Exclusive)
* n.d.: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major (As Disc)
* n.d.: Antonín Dvořák: Symphony N. 7; Johann Strauss Jr.: ''Die Fledermaus'' Overture (Artists)
* n.d.: Bach: Mass in B minor (Exclusive)
* n.d.: Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra "Emperor" (Electrecord)
* n.d.: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 (Artists)
* n.d.: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Bach: ''Brandenburg Coincerto'' No. 3; Ravel: ''Le Tombeau de Couperin'' (Archipel)
* n.d.: Berlioz: ''Symphonie fantastique'', Op. 14; ''Roméo et Juliette'' (Arkadia)
* n.d.: Brahms: ''Ein deutsches Requiem'' (Myto Records)
* n.d.: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1–4 ox Set(Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2–4; Variations on a theme from Haydn (Acum)
* n.d.: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (Acum)
* n.d.: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (Rehearsal) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Brahms: Symphony Nos. 2 & 3 (Legend)
* n.d.: Brahms: ''The Complete Symphonies''; ''Haydn Variations''; ''Alto Rhapsody'' (Living Stage)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 9 (Exclusive)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphonies 7 & 8 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphonies 7–9 ox Set(Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphony 7 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphony 9 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (Exclusive)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Arkadia)
* n.d.: Bruckner: Symphony No8, WAB108; Schubert: Symphony in Bf No5, D485 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache'' ox Set(Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Conducts Debussy & Ravel'' (Box Set) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Conducts Debussy'' (FED)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Conducts Debussy / Respighi / Milhaud'' (Originals)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Conducts Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev'' (Box Set) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Conducts Ravel & Stravinsky'' (Originals)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Conducts Stravinsky'' (Arlecchino)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Conducts Tchaikovsky'' (Grammofono 2000)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache Festival'' (Originals)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache, Vol. 1: Symphonies'' (EMI Classics)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache, Vol. 3: French & Russian Music'' (EMI Classics)
* n.d.: ''Celibidache, Vol. 4: Sacred Music & Opera'' (EMI Classics)
* n.d.: Debussy: ''Ibéria''; Ravel: ''Rapsodie espagnole''; ''Alborada del gracioso'' (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Debussy: ''La Mer'' (Rehearsal) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Debussy: ''La Mer''; '' La Damoiselle élue''; Milhaud: ''Saudades do Brazil'' (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* n.d.: Debussy: ''Nocturnes''; ''La Mer'' (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Dvořák: Concerto in B minor / ''Eight Slavonic Dances'' (Arkadia)
* n.d.: Dvořák: Violin Concerto; Symphony 9 (Concerto)
* n.d.: Franck: ''Symphonie en Ré mineur''; Wagner: ''Siegfried-Idyll''; ''Tristan und Isolde'' prelude (Arkadia)
* n.d.: ''Great Conductors of the 20th Century'', Vol. 39: Sergiu Celibidache (EMI Music Distribution)
* n.d.: Haydn: Symphony No. 103; Mozart: Symphony No. 38 (Originals)
* n.d.: Haydn: Symphony No. 104 "London"; Debussy: ''Jeux''; Igor Stravinsky: ''Jeux de Cartes'' (Urania)
* n.d.: ''Legendary Performers'' Vol. 2 (As Disc)
* n.d.: Mozart: ''Great Mass in C minor'', K. 427; Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365; ''Haffner Serenade'', K. 250 (Acum)
* n.d.: Mozart: ''Great Mass in C minor'', K. 427; ''Haffner Serenade'', K. 250 (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* n.d.: Mozart: Requiem (Artists)
* n.d.: Mozart: Requiem (Il Sabato)
* n.d.: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41; Schubert: Symphony No. 5; Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (Living Stage)
* n.d.: Mozart: Symphony No. 41; Schubert: Symphony No. 5 (Memories)
* n.d.: Mussorgsky: ''Pictures at an Exhibition''; Cherubini: Symphony in D major; Bäck: ''Intrada for Orchestra'' (Originals)
* n.d.: Mussorgsky: ''Pictures at an Exhibition''; Strauss: ''Don Juan'' (Artist)
* n.d.: Prokofiev: Romeo E Giulietta/Berlioz: Romeo E Giulietta/Tchaikovsky: Romeo E Giulietta (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* n.d.: Prokofiev: ''Romeo et Juliet'' (Extracts) (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; Prokofiev, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky: ''Romeo et Juliet'' (Acum)
* n.d.: Ravel: ''La Valse''; ''Daphnis et Chloé''; Suite No. 2; ''Le Tombeau de Couperin'' (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Richard Strauss: ''Tod und Verklärung''; ''Vier letzte Lieder''; Igor Stravinsky: ''L'oiseau de feu''; Ravel: ''Daphnis et Chloé'' (Acum)
* n.d.: Rimsky-Korsakov: ''Schéhérazade'' (Originals)
* n.d.: ''RTSI Orchestra Conducted by Sergiu Celibidache: Schubert, Tchaikovsky''
* n.d.: Schubert/Schumann: Symphonies (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* n.d.: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8; Schumann: Symphonies No. 1 "Primavera" & 2 (Acum)
* n.d.: Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Franck: Symphony in D minor; Mussorgsky-Ravel: ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' (Urania)
* n.d.: Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54; Richard Strauss: ''Vier letzte Lieder'' (Artists Live Recording)
* n.d.: Schumann: Symphony Nos. 1 & 2 (Cetra)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache alla RAI'', Vol. 1: Johannes Brahms – Sinfonie 1–4, Variazione su un tema di Haydn (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Alla Rai'', Vol. 5 (Fonit-Cetra Italia)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts'' (Artists)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts'' (EMI Classics)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts'' (Enterprise)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts'' (Urania)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts Beethoven'': Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 (FED)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache conducts Blacher, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Cherubini, Schwarz-Schilling'' (Tahra)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts Brahms'': ''Ein Deutsches Requiem'', Op. 45 (IDIS)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache conducts Franck, Tchaikovsky'' (IDIS)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts Mendelssohn, Haydn, Beethoven'' (IDIS)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache conducts Schubert & Schumann'' (IDIS)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache Conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker'' (Myto Records)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache'', Vol. 1 (Arlecchino)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache: From the collection of Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv'' (Music & Arts)
* n.d.: ''Sergiu Celibidache: Magier des Klangs'' (Documents)
* n.d.: Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 9; Barber: ''Adagio for Strings'' (EMI Classics)
* n.d.: Shostakovich: Symphony No 5, Op. 47; Symphony No. 9, Op. 70 (Arkadia)
* n.d.: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" (Grammofono 2000)
* n.d.: Strauss: ''Don Juan''; ''Tod und Verklärung''; Respighi: ''Pini di Roma'' (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Strauss: ''Ein Heldenleben'' (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: Stravinsky: ''L'Oiseau de feu''; Ravel: ''Daphnis et Chloé''; ''La Valse''; ''Pavane pour une infante défunte'' (Cetra)
* n.d.: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Nutcracker Suite (Angel Records / EMI Classics)
* n.d.: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 – Ave Maris Stella (Archipel)
* n.d.: ''The Art of Sergiu Celibidache'', Volume 1–7 (Arlecchino)
* n.d.: ''The Complete RIAS Recordings'' (Audite)
* n.d.: ''The Stuttgart Recordings'', Vol. 3 (Deutsche Grammophon)
* n.d.: ''The Unpublished Celibidache in Naples'' (Originals)
* n.d.: Verdi: Requiem (EMI Classics)
* n.d.: Wagner: ''Tristan und Isolde'', WWV90; ''Siegfried Idyll'', WWV103 (Arkadia)
Honors, awards, and decorations
* 1954: Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany * 1955: Berliner Kunstpreis (Germany) * 1970: Chevalier of the Order of Vasa (Sweden) * 1970:Léonie Sonning Music Prize
The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, or Sonning Award, which is recognized as Denmark's highest musical honor, is given annually to an international composer or musician. It was first awarded in 1959 to composer Igor Stravinsky. Laureates are now ...
(Denmark)
* 1984: Franco Abbiati Prize
The Franco Abbiati Prize ( it, Premio Franco Abbiati della critica musicale italiana) is an annual award that has been presented by the National Association of Music Critics in Italy since 1980. Named after the Italian musicologist Franco Abbiati, ...
(Italy)
* 1987: Nettuno d'oro (Italy)
* 1991: Bavarian Order of Merit
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(Germany)
* 1992: Honorary Citizen
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of the City of Munich (''Ehrenbürgerrecht von München'')Landeshauptstadt München Direktorium. ''Ehrenbürgerrecht der Landeshauptstadt München'' (Honorary Citizens of the Provincial Capital of Munichlocated online here
(Retrieved 1 September 2012). * 1992: Honorary Member of the
Romanian Academy
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According to its by ...
* 1993: Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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(Germany)
* 1994: ''Doctor honoris causa'', Iași Academy of Art and University of Iași
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* 1994: Honorary Citizen (Cetățean de Onoare) of Iași (Romania)
* 1994: Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
* 1995: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (France)
Notes
References
Further reading
*External links
* * *A collection of anecdotes revealing Sergiu Celibidache's personality
* ttp://www.fundatia-celibidache.com/ Sergiu Celibidache Foundationwebsite {{DEFAULTSORT:Celibidache, Sergiu 1912 births 1996 deaths Romanian people of Greek descent 20th-century conductors (music) Knights of the Order of Vasa Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany People from Roman, Romania Recipients of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Romanian emigrants to France Romanian conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Romanian musicians 20th-century male musicians