La Scena Musicale

Monday, February 4, 2008

Today's Musician Birthdays: February 4 (Leinsdorf, Talvela)

1912 - Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna, Austria; conductor

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Erich Leinsdorf conducts Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony op. 9; Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks (recorded 1984)





1935 - Martti Talvela, Hiitola, Finland; opera bass

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Martti Talvela in the final scene of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov (sung in Finnish, 1974)



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