La Valse/Ravel/Leibowitz/Part-1 (of 2)

La Valse/Ravel/Leibowitz/Part-1 (of 2) Rare. Rene Leibowitz conducts The Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Symphonique de Paris (1960)Rene Leibowitz (1913-1972) was born in Warsaw but moved to Paris in his teens and there began a long, illustrious conducting career. Particularly interested in contemporary music, he studied with Webern and Schoenberg and wrote a detailed analysis of twelve-tone music. A keen ear for instrumental coloration (Ravel was his orchestration teacher) was evident in his kaleidoscopic transcriptions of such works as Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C (for double orchestra!). But he is best known for his often highly personal renditions of many staples of the Classical and Romantic repertoire. From: zmov1 Views: 930 1 ratings Time: 06:00 More in Music