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Günter Wand (7 January 1912, in Elberfeld, Germany – 14 February 2002, in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne Conservatory, he was a composition student with Philipp Jarnach and a piano student with Paul Baumgartner. [1]
Feb 16, 2002 · Fri 15 Feb 2002 20.46 EST. The German conductor Günter Wand, who has died aged 90, was a latecomer to the music scene in Britain, but in the past two decades he established himself as one of...
Feb 21, 2002 · Günter Wand, a German conductor who was known for his penetrating readings of the mainstream Romantic repertory -- particularly the symphonies of Bruckner, Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms --...
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Learn about the life and career of Günter Wand, the first honorary conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Discover his achievements in classical, romantic and modern repertoire, his recordings of Bruckner and Schubert, and his legacy in Berlin's musical life.
The recordings of the Fifth and Sixth have enjoyed a hugely successful press, the latter is now the version cited by critics in preference to Klemperer's legendary 1964 reading, whilst the former is a craggy, lofty view of an underrated symphony, titanically interpreted by Wand and the sturdy NDRSO.
The German conductor Günter Wand, who has died aged 90, was a latecomer to the music scene in Britain, but in the past two decades he established himself as one of the great interpreters of the 19th-century tradition, impressing most especially in his interpretations of the symphonies of Anton Bruckner.
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Günter Wand: The Essential Recordings [Box Set]
2001
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished', Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
2009
Günter Wand-Edition, Vol. 2: Messiaen, Webern, Fortner
2004
Mozart: Serenata notturna, K339; Flute Concerto, K313; Posthorn Serenade, K320
2005
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6
2002
Günter Wand Edition, Vol. 4
2006
