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Christoph Eschenbach
pianist and conductor
Since 1940
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Christoph Eschenbach (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈɛʃn̩bax]; born 20 February 1940) is a German pianist and conductor. Over the past decades, he has held positions as music directors at 13 orchestras worldwide. In 2014, he was awarded a Grammy Award for an album with works by Paul Hindemith and received the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2015 for his contributions to music.
In 2025, his biography Christoph Eschenbach: Lebensatem Musik, written by cultural journalist Margarete Zander was published in German.
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Christoph Eschenbach est un pianiste et chef d'orchestre allemand, né le 20 février 1940 à Breslau (alors en Allemagne, aujourd'hui Wrocław en Pologne).
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Discography
Albums
- 1972 Préludes
- 1972 Sonata in D Major KV 448 for Two Pianos / Sonata in C Major KV 521 for Piano Due
- 1973 Four Hand Piano Music
- 1975 Four Hand Piano Music
- 1978 Lieder Volume 1 – Nach Gedichten von . On Poems by . Sur des poèmes de Eichendorff ▪ Rückert ▪ Geibel ▪ Chamisso
- 1979 Lieder Volume 2 - Nach Gedichten Von . On Poems By . Sur des poèmes de Heine ▪ Kerner ▪ Geibel
- 1979 Lieder Volume 3 - Nach Gedichten Von = On Poems By = Sur des poèmes de Byron ▪ Goethe ▪ Lenau ▪ Von Der Neun
- 1982 The Concertos for Two & Three Pianos
- 1985 Dichterliebe / Liederkreis / Myrten
- 1985 Klavierkonzerte: BWV 1060, 1061, 1063, 1065
- 1987 Cello Sonatas / Variations Concertantes / Lied ohne Worte
- 1987 Symphony No. 3 »Organ«
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- 1988 Stravinsky: Firebird / Messiaen: L'Ascension / Koehne: Rain Forest / Ravel: La Valse
- 1989 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Bartok: Piano Concerto no. 2
- 1989 Symphony no. 5
- 1989 Violin Concerto in D minor / Fantasie Op. 131
- 1990 Symphonie funèbre et triomphale / La Mort de Cléopâtre
- 1990 Music for Piano Duet
- 1991 Symphonies 2 & 4
- 1991 The Encantadas / Old and Lost Rivers / Romances and Interludes
- 1991 Klavierkonzert / Tripelkonzert
- 1992 Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
- 1993 Piano Quintet Op. 34 / String Sextet Op. 18
- 1993 Symphony no. 3 / Alto Rhapsody
- 1993 Piano Lessons: Beyer: Preparatory School (nos. 44-106) / Mozart: Minuet in F / Schumann: The Happy Farmer
- 1994 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Chopin: Etudes
- 1994 Frauenliebe und Leben / Dichterliebe / 10 Lieder
- 1994 Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande / Webern: Passacaglia
- 1994 Violin Concertos nos. 2 & 3 / Stille Nacht / Gratulationsrondo
- 1995 Dichterliebe, op. 48
- 1996 Four Last Songs / Songs with Orchestra / Rosenkavalier Suite
- 1996 Mozart: Symphony no. 40 / Beethoven: Symphony no. 8
- 1997 Symphony no. 2 / Flute Concerto / Phaeton
- 1997 Out of Russia
- 1997 Music for Piano Duet II
- 1998 Brahms: Double Concerto / Beethoven: Triple Concerto
- 1999 Piano Concerto no. 5 op. 73 “Emperor” / Choral Fantasy op. 80
- 1999 The Complete Schumann Symphonies
- 1999 Quartet for the End of Time
- 1999 Violin Concertos
- 1999 Strauss Heroines
- 2000 Bruckner: Symphony no. 6
- 2000 Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
- 2000 Complete Violin Concertos
- 2001 Cello Concerto No. 2 / Cello Sonata No. 2
- 2001 Piano Concertos 21 & 27
- 2001 Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major / Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D major
- 2003 Lieder
- 2003 À Quia
- 2004 Color
- 2004 Symphony no. 4 “Romantic”
- 2004 Schumann: Dichterliebe op. 48, Liederkreis op. 24, Myrten op. 25, Belsatzar op. 57
- 2005 Les rayons du jour
- 2005 Martinu, Gideon Klein, Bartók - Symphonic Works
- 2005 Rendering / Stanze
- 2005 Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / La Muse et le Poète / Suite
- 2006 Symphony no. 2 / Bacchus et Ariane
- 2006 Symphony no. 5 / The Seasons (January - June)
- 2006 Lyrische Symphonie, op. 18
- 2007 Symphony no. 1 "Le Poème de la forêt" / Symphony no. 4
- 2007 Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4
- 2007 Cello Concertos
- 2007 Symphony No. 4 / The Seasons (July-December)
- 2008 Symphony no. 5 / 7 Verses
- 2008 Symphony no. 3 / Le Festin de l'araignée
- 2008 Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Dumka
- 2008 Notes on Light / Orion / Mirage
- 2009 Die schöne Müllerin
- 2009 Hindemith: Klaviermusik mit Orchester (for piano left hand) / Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”
- 2009 Symphony no. 2 "Resurrection"
- 2009 Viola Concertos
- 2010 Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / String Serenade / Francesca da Rimini / Ewald: Brass Quintets nos. 1 & 3
- 2010 Symphonie no. 1 / Rückert-Lieder
- 2011 Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert
- 2012 Missa Solemnis
- 2012 Schwanengesang
- 2013 Violin Concertos K. 216 & 218 / Sonata K. 305
- 2013 Violinkonzert / Symphonic Metamorphosis / Konzertmusik, op. 50
- 2014 Liszt, Brahms, Lutosławski: Paganini Variations / Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody
- 2014 Ludwig van Beethoven / Piano Concertos nos. 3 & 5
