Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt maˈzuːɐ̯]; 18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and also served as music director of the New York Philharmonic for about ten years. He made many recordings of classical music with major orchestras. Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations against the East German government in the 1989 demonstrations in Leipzig; those protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.
Genre: orchestral-performance, classical-performance
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Top Tracks
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro -
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro - Presto
- Morning Mood
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams": III. Scherzo. Allegro scherzando giocoso
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 41: II. Andante - Live
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: I. Molto allegro con fuoco - Live
- 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 - Orchestral Version: No. 5 in G Minor
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 57: III. Presto – Molto allegro e vivace - Live
- Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Concert version by Kurt Masur & Friedhelm Eberle: Prelude: Morning Mood
- Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Concert version by Kurt Masur & Friedhelm Eberle: "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: I. Prelude. Allegro moderato
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II Andante
- Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
- Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Concert version by Kurt Masur & Friedhelm Eberle: Prelude: Morning Mood
Albums (54)
- "A Midsummer Musical Journey" - From Mozart & Mendelssohn to Ravel & Tchaikovsky (2025)
- Mendelssohn: Early Symphonies (2023)
- Franck: Psyché (Live) (2022)
- Yuja Wang Plays Mendelssohn (Live) (2022)
- Kurt Masur Conducts the New York Philharmonic (2022)
- Kurt Masur Conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (2022)
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 & Suites from Romeo and Juliet (2022)
- Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 "Romantic" & 7 (2022)
- Tchaikovsky: The Piano Concertos (2022)
- Brahms: Symphonies, Overtures & Schicksalslied (2022)
- Schumann: Symphonies (2022)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphonies, Romeo and Juliet, Francesca da Rimini & Manfred (2022)
- Liszt: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2. A Faust Symphony, A Dante Symphony & Mephisto Waltzes (2022)
- Liszt: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1. The Weimar Symphonic Poems: Les préludes, Mazeppa, Prometheus... (2022)
- Masur conducts Alexander Nevsky (2021)
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto (2020)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (2020)
- Beethoven: Unknown Masterworks, Vol. 1 (2019)
- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 (2019)
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Live) (2018)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Die erste Walpurgisnacht (2018)
- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 (2016)
- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 (2016)
- Schumann: Cellokonzert A-Moll - Tschaikowsky: Rokoko-Variationen (2016)
- Grandes Épocas de la Música. Beethoven: Concierto Op. 56, Sonata No. 10 Op.96 (2015)
- Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht (2015)
- The Philip Smith Collection, Album 2: The Concertos (Live) (2015)
- The Philip Smith Collection, Album 3: The Concertos (Live) (2015)
- The Philip Smith Collection (Live) (2015)
- Kurt Masur - Kapellmeister-Edition, Vol. 3 (2014)
- El-Khoury: Concerti for Violin, Horn & Clarinet (Live) (2014)
- Aus der Neuen Welt: Best of Dvorák (Inspiration) (2014)
- The Glenn Dicterow Collection, Vol. 3 (2014)
- The Glenn Dicterow Collection, Vol. 2 (2014)
- The Glenn Dicterow Collection (2014)
- Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Choral Fantasia; Coriolan & Egmont Overtures (2014)
- Tchaïkovsky 'Live' (2013)
- Bruch: Violin Concertos No.1, Op.26, No.2, Op.44 (2012)
- Bruch & Brahms: Violin Concertos (2009)
- Grieg: Peer Gynt (2009)
- 40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics (2008)
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op.64; Piano Trio Op.49; Violin Sonata in F major (1838) (2008)
- Gluck, Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Viotti, Händel: Sensitive Sounds (2007)
- Bartholdy, Debussy, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Tschaikowsky, Chopin, Prokofjew, Ravel, Albeniz: Natural Reflections (2007)
- Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Grieg, Ravel, Satie, Debussy & Sibelius: Unfold your Mind (2007)
- Tschaikovsky & Grieg: Klavierkonzerte (2007)
- Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 (1998)
- Weber : Clarinet Concertos Nos 1, 2 & Grand Duo Concertant (1996)
- Bach: Cantatas - BWV 51, 199, 202 (1970)
- Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (1995)
- Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-2 (1970)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klarinettenkonzert, Klavierkonzert No. 21, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Best of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 21 & A Little Night Music) (1970)
- Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Ruckert-Lieder / Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Excerpts) (1970)
- Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht / Infelice / Ouverture zum Marchen von der schonen Melusine (1970)
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