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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra's conductor laureate, dies at 93
Minnesota Public Radio News ^
| February 21, 2017
| Euan Kerr
Posted on 02/21/2017 6:14:34 PM PST by EveningStar
Minnesota Orchestra Conductor Laureate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski has died. He was 93.
Skrowaczewski came to Minnesota decades ago to lead what was then the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and he never left. He changed the face of classical music in Minnesota, and remained a towering presence in the classical music world until the end.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: classicalmusic; composer; conductor; minnesotaorchestra; obituary; skrowaczewski
To: Borges
To: EveningStar
Here is the 1959 RCA recording of him conducting Chopin's Piano Concerto #1 in E minor with Arthur Rubinstein. It's one of my desert island CDs.
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02/21/2017 6:18:02 PM PST
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Publius
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To: EveningStar
Wasn’t there some recent controversy with him a few years back?
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02/21/2017 6:36:42 PM PST
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jurroppi1
(The Left doesnÂ’t have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
To: Publius
Thanks for the recommendation. Rubenstein was my favorite pianist.
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02/21/2017 10:14:38 PM PST
by
The Westerner
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To: EveningStar
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