ALBUMWagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Great ScenesBayreuth Festival Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Arnold Bezuyen, Michelle Breedt, Clemens Bieber, Ulrike Helzel, Simone Schröder, Ralf Lukas, Christa Mayer, Albert Dohmen, Fionnuala McCarthy, Christian Thielemann, Martina Dike, Edith Haller, Annette Kuttenbaum, Endrik Wottrich, Anna Gabler, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Manuela Bress, Sonja Muhleck, Linda Watson, Stephen Gould & Hans-Peter Konig
ALBUMWagner: Meistersinger; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Tristan und IsoldeThe Philadelphia Orchestra & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMRuzicka: EinschreibungNDR Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Vienna Philharmonic, Peter Ruzicka, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchester & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMHappy New Year - Die Operettengala aus DresdenIngeborg Schopf, Christian Thielemann, Staatskapelle Dresden & Piotr Beczala
ALBUMWagner: GotterdammerungMartina Dike, Linda Watson, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Stephen Gould, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans-Peter Konig, Edith Haller, Christian Thielemann, Christa Mayer, Ralf Lukas, Andrew Shore, Fionnuala McCarthy, Ulrike Helzel & Simone Schröder
ALBUMWagner: SiegfriedStephen Gould, Gerhard Siegel, Linda Watson, Andrew Shore, Christa Mayer, Albert Dohmen, Robin Johannsen, Hans-Peter Konig, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMWagner: Die WalkureMichelle Breedt, Wilke Brummelstroete, Albert Dohmen, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Christian Thielemann, Anna Gabler, Annette Kuttenbaum, Kwangchul Youn, Martina Dike, Linda Watson, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Endrik Wottrich, Edith Haller, Simone Schröder, Manuela Bress & Sonja Muhleck
ALBUMWagner, R.: Das RheingoldKwangchul Youn, Michelle Breedt, Ralf Lukas, Clemens Bieber, Arnold Bezuyen, Christian Thielemann, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans-Peter Konig, Andrew Shore, Gerhard Siegel, Christa Mayer, Albert Dohmen, Edith Haller, Fionnuala McCarthy, Ulrike Helzel & Simone Schröder
ALBUMR. Strauss: Der RosenkavalierRenée Fleming, Christian Thielemann, Munich Philharmonic, Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau, Franz Hawlata & Jonas Kaufmann
ALBUMOrff: Carmina BuranaChristiane Oelze, David Kübler, Simon Keenlyside, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMStrauss: Vier letzte LiederRenée Fleming, Munich Philharmonic & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMOrff: Carmina BuranaChristiane Oelze, Simon Keenlyside, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMMozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626Christian Thielemann & Munich Philharmonic
ALBUMWagner: ParsifalChristian Thielemann & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
ALBUMDas Vatikankonzert zu Ehren seiner Heiligkeit Papst Benedikt XVI.Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Athestis Chorus, Roland Büchner, Christian Thielemann & Munich Philharmonic
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 5Munich Philharmonic & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMWagner: Tristan und IsoldeChristian Thielemann, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Deborah Voigt & Thomas Moser
ALBUMGerman OverturesVienna Philharmonic & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMStrauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Symphonic Fantasy from "Die Frau ohne Schatten"Vienna Philharmonic & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMEvening Star: German Opera AriasThomas Quasthoff, Christian Thielemann & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
ALBUMRichard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie & Rosenkavalier-SuiteVienna Philharmonic & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMSchoenberg: Pelleas & Melisande - Wagner: Siegfried-IdyllOrchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Christian Thielemann
ALBUMOrff: Carmina BuranaChristiane Oelze, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann, David Kübler, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Simon Keenlyside
ALBUMSchumann: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"; Overture Genoveva, Op. 81; Overture, Scherzo, And Finale, Op. 52Philharmonia Orchestra & Christian Thielemann
Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier, Festspiel-Orchester Bayreuth & Christian Thielemann
Künstlerleben, Walzer, Op. 316 (Ballett)
Christian Thielemann & Vienna Philharmonic
Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1: "Ohn' Antwort ist der Ruf verhallt" (Live at Bayreuther Festspiele / 2018)
Anja Harteros, Egils Silins, Tomasz Konieczny, Georg Zeppenfeld, Festspiel-Chor Bayreuth, Eberhard Friedrich, Festspiel-Orchester Bayreuth & Christian Thielemann
Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1: "Des Ritters will ich wahren" (Live at Bayreuther Festspiele / 2018)
Anja Harteros, Egils Silins, Georg Zeppenfeld, Festspiel-Chor Bayreuth, Eberhard Friedrich, Festspiel-Orchester Bayreuth & Christian Thielemann
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This powerful conductor leads massive operas and Late Romantic masterworks with ease.
About Christian Thielemann
Artist Biography
In the early part of his career, Christian Thielemann (born in Berlin in 1959) seemed to conform to the modern image of the jet-setting conductor traversing continents to fulfil engagements, working fruitfully with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Since turning 40, however, Thielemann has increasingly concentrated his activities in German-speaking countries. From 1997 to 2004 he ran the Deutsche Oper Berlin, before becoming music director of the Munich Philharmonic (2004) and chief conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle (2012). Thielemann has also worked closely with the Vienna Philharmonic, especially at the Salzburg Easter Festival, where he was named artistic director in 2013. In all these posts Thielemann developed a reputation for somewhat conservative, old-school music-making, citing Herbert von Karajan and Wilhelm Furtwängler as influences. Flexible, expansive tempos and rich orchestral textures are hallmarks of his style, and he concentrates mainly on the great composers of the Austro-German tradition—Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Schumann and Wagner among them. Thielemann’s connection with the annual Wagner festival in Bayreuth, Germany, has been especially significant. Since debuting in 2000 he has conducted all 10 Wagner operas regularly performed at the festival, and is widely considered one of the leading Wagner interpreters of the 21st century.
Hometown
Berlin, Germany
Genre
Classical
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