Böhm, Karl

Performer

Karl Böhm (August 28, 1894 in Graz – August 14, 1981 in Salzburg) was an Austrian conductor. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. In 1933 he conducted in Vienna for the first time, in Tristan and Isolde by Wagner. He succeeded Fritz Busch, who had gone into exile, as head of Dresden's Semper Opera in 1934, a position he held until 1942. This was an important period for him, in which he conducted the first performances of works by Richard Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau (1935) and Daphne (1938), which is dedicated to him. He also conducted the first performances of Romeo und Julia (1940) and Die Zauberinsel(1942) by Heinrich Sutermeister, and Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 2 (1943). In 1938 he took part in the Salzburg Festival for the first time, conducting Don Giovanni, and thereafter he became a permanent guest conductor. He secured a top post at the Vienna State Opera in 1943, eventually becoming music director. On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Richard Strauss, in 1944, he conducted the Salzburg Festival performance of Ariadne auf Naxos.[source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
• Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
• Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 - Eroica
• Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - Fate
• Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
• Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
• Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 - Unfinished
• Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 - The Great
• Symphony No. 26 in E flat major, K. 184
• Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318
• Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
• Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 - Haffner
• Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 - Linz
• Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 - Prague
• Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543
• Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
• Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 - Jupiter
• An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
• Otello
• Julius Caesar in Egypt, HWV 17
• Peter Schmoll and his Neighbours, J. 54
• Oberon, J. 306
• The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
• Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 - Version Vienna 1788
• Don Giovanni, K. 527
• Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers, K. 588
• The Magic Flute, K. 620
• Wozzeck, Op. 7
• Salome, Op. 54
• Elektra, Op. 58
• The Woman without a Shadow, Op. 65
• Fidelio, Op. 72
• Euryanthe, Op. 81
• Daphne, Op. 82
• Capriccio, Op. 85
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
• Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
• Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 - Emperor
• Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595
• Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
• Don Juan, Op. 20
• Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
• Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
• Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Op. 30
• A Hero's Life, Op. 40
• Songs on the Death of Children
• Ruckert Lieder
• 4 Last Songs, TrV 296
• Night Serenade in D major, K. 239