Josef Willem Mengelberg - 4Cd Set High-End Mastering

Artist: Josef Willem Mengelberg - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Album: Box Set 4CD Label: Documents Release: 2005 Catalog No.: 22239 File format: eac-cue-log-wv-scans. ~900MB Willem Mengelberg (Conductor) Born: March 28, 1871 - Utrecht, Holland Died: March 21, 1951 - Chur, Switzerland The celebrated Dutch conductor, (Jos ef) Willem Mengelberg, studied in Utrecht under Richard Hol, Henri Wilhelm Petri and Anton Averkamp and then went to the Music School in Cologne to study under Franz Wüllner and Adolf Jensen; he took first prize in piano, composition and orchestral conducting. Willem Mengelberg made his debut as a pianist at a very young age and took over leadership of the Lucerne City Conservatory in 1891. Only four years later, in 1895, he was nominated musical director of the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, and did not leave this post until 1945 ... Read more Disc 1 - Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished" by Franz Schubert Written: 1822; Vienna, Austria ...