Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 853 g
Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 853 g
ISBN: 978-1-84383-966-8
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
Comprising a brief biography and chapters written by those who worked with him, such as Janet Baker and Alfred Brendel, this is a celebration of an exceptional, creative life.
By the time of his death in 2010 at the age of 84, Sir Charles Mackerras had achieved widespread recognition, recorded extensively and developed into a conductor of major international significance. In addition to areas in which he already had forged a distinctive profile (Janácek, Mozart, Handel, Sullivan) he revisited - and rethought - much of the standard repertoire. The last thirty years were particularly momentous in the coming to fruition of so manycherished projects: not only the Janácek operas but the Gilbert and Sullivan series, the Mozart operas, the two Beethoven cycles, other projects with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Schumann and Brahms at Edinburgh; the outstanding late Mozart) and at the Royal Opera House and the Met. Unspoilt by fame, and undeterred by personal tragedies and increasing physical frailty, he remained productive and inventive: for him music-making, whether with world-classsingers and orchestras or with students, was a kind of joyous oxygen that kept him going right to the end.
A detailed account of his life is complemented by contributions from performers and scholars who worked closely with Mackerras, as well as interviews with his family. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and documents, and includes a comprehensive discography along with listings of many of his concert and opera performances. While SirCharles's whole life is considered, emphasis is given to his final quarter century, a period in which so many important projects were realized. This book celebrates and epitomizes an exceptional life.
NIGEL SIMEONE is awriter and teacher. He has published extensively on Messiaen and Janácek and recently edited The Leonard Bernstein Letters.
JOHN TYRRELL is Honorary Professor of Music at Cardiff University. He has published bookson Janácek and Czech opera and, with Sir Charles Mackerras, edited two Janácek operas. CONTRIBUTORS: Janet Baker, Alfred Brendel, Ales Brezina, Alex Briger, Rosenna East, Anne Evans, Nicholas Hytner, Simon Keenlyside, David Lloyd-Jones, David Mackie, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Antonio Pappano, Nigel Simeone, John Stein, Heinz Stolba, Patrick Summers, John Tyrrell, Malcolm Walker, David Whelton, Jirí Zahrádka.
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Weitere Infos & Material
• 1 Charles Mackerras: A Chronology
• 2 Prologue: A Eulogy for Charles
• 3 An Immense Stylist Evolves: 1947-87
• 4 A Personal Portrait of Charles Mackerras
• 5 Mackerras and Janácek
• 6 Goat's Milk in Vienna: Three Memorable Meetings
• 7 The Lion: Charles Mackerras
• 8 'The Musical Values of Opera': WNO, 1987-92
• 9 Remembering Charles in Wales
• 10 Triumphs and Tribulations: Opera, 1993-2001
• 11 'Impeccable musicianship and enthusiasm for whatever he did'
• 12 Rethinking Old Favourites: Opera, 2002-10
• 13 Viva Charlie!
• 14 A Master of Mozart
• 15 Three Memorable Collaborations
• 16 The last great 'Czech' conductor
• 17 Reminiscences of a friend and colleague
• 18 Reconstructing a Better Version of The Greek Passion
• 19 Reconstructing Sullivan's Cello Concerto
• 20 Three Orchestras
• 21 'And there was Light!' Sir Charles and the OAE
• 22 An Electric Entrance
• 23 On Sir Charles Mackerras
• 24 Sir Charles at the Philharmonia
• 25 Coda
• 26 Appendix 1: Mackerras in Performance
• 27 Appendix 2: Desert Island Lists
• 28 Discography
• 29 Bibliography
• 30 Editions and Arrangements by Charles Mackerras
