Kertész, István

Performer

István Kertész (28 August 1929 – 16 April 1973) was an internationally acclaimed Jewish Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who, throughout his brief but distinguished career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco and Minnesota Orchestras in the United States, as well as the London Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. His orchestral repertoire numbered over 450 works from all periods, and was matched by a repertoire of some sixty operas ranging from Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner to the more contemporary Prokofiev, Bartók, Britten, Kodály, Poulenc and Janáček. Kertész was part of a rich musical tradition that produced fellow Hungarian conductors,János Ferencsik, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, János Fürst, and Sir Georg Solti. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
• Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
• Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 - From the New World
• Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319
• Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 - Linz
• Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543
• Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
• Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
• Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525
• Stabat Mater
• The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100
• Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66
• The Moldau, JB 1:112/2
• 3 Marches, K. 408
• Slavonic Dances, B. 83 (Orchestral version)