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Conductor

Igor Markevitch

1912 — 1983

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Albums

Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile
Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile
Irmgard Seefried, Gerhard Stolze, Hermann Uhde, Czech Philharmonic, Igor Markevitch
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust; Harold in Italy (2 CDs)
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust; Harold in Italy (2 CDs)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
Schubert: Symphony No.4 "Tragic" / Berwald: Symphonies Nos.3 "Singulière" & 4
Schubert: Symphony No.4 "Tragic" / Berwald: Symphonies Nos.3 "Singulière" & 4
Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch

About

Igor Markevitch

Igor Borisovich Markevitch was an avant-garde Russian composer and eminent conductor of Ukrainian origin who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.