Gerd Schaller
Gerd Schaller (born 1965 in Bamberg) is a German conductor.
Biography
He has established an international name for himself with recordings of all Anton Bruckner's symphonies,[1] including versions never before heard, for the Profil label of Edition Günter Hänssler. Forgotten operas and concert rarities feature prominently in his repertoire, examples being the first recordings of Karl Goldmark's Merlin,[2] Johann von Herbeck's Great Mass[3] for Studio Franken of Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in Nürnberg and Johann Simon Mayr's Fedra[4] for Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
Career
Schaller studied music at the Würzburg College of Music and medicine at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. He took up his first post at the Hanover Staatsoper in 1993, became principal conductor at the Braunschweig Staatstheater in 1998 and was general music director at the Magdeburg Opera from 2003 to 2006. He has worked freelance since 2006.[5]
Schaller established the Ebrach Summer Music Festival[6] in Franconia in 1990 and is its artistic director. The event is staged in collaboration with BR's Studio Franken.
In 2008, Schaller founded the Philharmonie Festiva. Its core of Munich Bach Soloists can be expanded with musicians selected from various renowned orchestra from all over Germany and beyond.
Orchestra conducting
Schaller conducts these orchestras:
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- NDR Radio Philharmonic
- Hanover Opera
- Radio Symphony Orchestra
- George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest
- Symphony Orchestra of the Prague National Theatre
- Radio Symphony Orchestra of Prague
- Teatr Wielki Orchestra of Warsaw
- Meiningen Hofkapelle
- Soloists of the Dresden Staatskapelle
- Munich Bach Soloists
- Magdeburg Philharmonic
- Nürnberg Symphony
- Braunschweig Staatsorchester
Recordings
Recordings of Anton Bruckner's symphonies
- Symphony in F minor of 1863 - PH 15004 (2016)[7]
- First Symphony - Linz version of 1866 (Carragan edition) - PH12022 (2012)
- Symphony in D minor of 1869 - PH15035 (2015)[8]
- Second Symphony - version of 1872 (Carragan edition) - PH12022 (2012)
- Third Symphony - version of 1874 (Carragan edition), premiere recording - PH12022 (2012)
- Fourth Symphony - version of 1878/80 - PH11028 (2011)
- Fourth Symphony - version of 1878/80 with final movement entitled Volksfest (traditional fair) - PH13049 (2013)
- Fifth Symphony - PH14020 (2014)
- Sixth Symphony - PH14021 (2014)
- Seventh Symphony - PH11028 (2011)
- Eighth Symphony - intermediate variant of 1888 (Carragan edition),[9] premiere recording - PH13027 (2013)
- Ninth Symphony - with final movement completed by William Carragan in the 2010 revision - PH11028 (2011)
- Funeral music "To the memory of Anton Bruckner" by Otto Kitzler orchestrated by Schaller, premiere recording - PH13027 (2013)
Recordings with the Munich Philharmonic Choir
- Karl Goldmark: Merlin, premiere recording - PH09044 (2009)
- Franz von Suppé: Requiem - PH12061 (2012)
- Johann Ritter von Herbeck: Great Mass, premiere recording - PH15003 (2015)
Other recordings
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 - PH15030 (2015)
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 - PH15030 (2015)
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 - PH15030 (2015)
- Karl Goldmark: Symphony no. 1 "Rustic Wedding" - PH10048 (2011)
- Franz Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony in B minor D759 in the four-movement version of William Carragan, premiere recording - PH12062 (2012)
- Franz Schubert: "Great" Symphony in C major D944 - PH12062 (2012)
References
- ↑ Ward, Ken (September 3, 2013). "Ebrach completes its Bruckner cycle in fine style". Bachtrack.
- ↑ Kupke, Frank (April 20, 2009). "Die Wiederbelebung des sagenumwobenen Sehers Merlin". Mainpost.
- ↑ Ward, Ken (September 9, 2014). "A rare chance to hear Herbeck's Great Mass at Bad Kissingen". Bachtrack.
- ↑ Müller, Sven-David (April 4, 2008). "Opernereignis an der Oker: Fedra in Braunschweig wiederbelebt". lifePR.
- ↑ Heringlehner, Ralf (May 23, 2014). "Der fränkische Dirigent Gerd Schaller über die Freiheit eines Freischaffenden". Mainpost.
- ↑ Vollmann, Norbert (August 28, 2015). "Erfolgsgeschichte Musiksommer". Mainpost.
- ↑ Ward, Ken (June 9, 2015). "Gerd Schaller and Philharmonie Festiva perform a miracle on Bruckner's school-work". Bachtrack.
- ↑ Ward, Ken (March 10, 2015). "Bruckner's Zero triumphantly revalued by Gerd Schaller and the Philharmonie Festiva". Bachtrack.
- ↑ Ward, Ken (August 1, 2012). "Bruckner's Eighth as a work-in-progress from Philharmonie Festiva". Bachtrack.
External links
- Official website
- Gerd Schaller at AllMusic
- Tonträger Gerd Schaller in the German National Library catalogue