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ALBUMContemporary American ComposersChicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
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ALBUMContemporary American ComposersChicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti
ALBUMRiccardo Muti Conducts Johann Strauss IIRiccardo Muti
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor"Rudolf Buchbinder, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
ALBUMNeujahrskonzert 2021 / New Year's Concert 2021 / Concert du Nouvel An 2021Riccardo Muti & Vienna Philharmonic
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 9, WAB 109 (Original 1894 Version)Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMVivaldi - GloriaPhilharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, New Philharmonia Chorus, Lucia Valentini-Terrani & Teresa Berganza
ALBUMOrff - Carmina BuranaPhilharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti & Philharmonia Chorus
ALBUMStravinsky - Rite of SpringRiccardo Muti & The Philadelphia Orchestra
ALBUMVerdi: La traviataRiccardo Muti & Philharmonia Orchestra
ALBUMSchoenberg: Kol Nidre - Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo BuonarrotiRiccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti's Popular Music Videos
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: I. Allegro maestoso (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Mitsuko Uchida, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner": I. Allegro con spirito (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: II. Andante (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Mitsuko Uchida, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: III. Allegretto (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Mitsuko Uchida, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364: I. Allegro maestoso (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Così fan tutte: Aria alternativa: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K. 584 (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Thomas Hampson, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Fatinitza-Marsch
Riccardo Muti & Vienna Philharmonic
Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364: II. Andante (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Heil sei euch Geweihten! (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364: III. Presto (Live from Salzburg / 2006)
Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti
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Riccardo Muti Essentials
He illuminates classical works with discipline, dedication, and tonal excellence.
Artist Biography
Riccardo Muti, the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 2010, is one of the leading international conductors of his generation. Admired among musicians for his solid technique and unerring ear, he has performed and recorded a broad range of repertoire, with particular specialties in Italian opera and 20th-century symphonic music. Born in 1941, he held early posts in Italian opera houses before making debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Philharmonia in London, and the Berlin Philharmonic. He spent a memorable decade as the Philharmonia’s chief (1973-82), triumphantly rebuilding the orchestra’s flagging reputation, and was music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra (1980-92) and La Scala, Milan (1986-2005). During a half-century association with the Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic, he conducted the orchestra’s 150th-anniversary concert in 1992 and the prestigious New Year concerts no fewer than six times since 1993. Muti’s recordings include a series of Italian operas notable for technical finesse and dramatic urgency; in addition, he has championed lesser-known works by composers such as Cherubini and Spontini. His orchestral output includes the first Beethoven symphony cycle specifically for CD with the Philadelphia Orchestra, while his more recent recordings in Chicago include well-received readings of symphonies by Berlioz, Bruckner, and Shostakovich.
Hometown
Naples, Italy
Genre
Classical